Friday, August 16, 2013

Lake visit and Rock gardens in Chandigarh



Sahana, Kabir & Sonie at the beautiful Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh (due to rainy weather the boating was closed so we just enjoyed the sight! 



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Sahana had another chance to get a camel ride and she took it!!

What fun!! 




The Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a sculpture garden also known as Nek Chand's Rock Garden named after its founder Nek Chand who was a government official. He started this garden secretly in his spare time in 1957 and today it is spread over a 40 acre area and is completely built of industrial, home waste and throw away items.




Kunal and Mom at the Rock Garden in Chandigarh...Mom had to drag Kunal for a picture! Kunal is too cool to pose with his Mom! 

Mom and Kabir inside the Rock Garden




 

Let's just stop in the middle of the walkway and take a picture why don't we?




Sahana and Mommy standing by the beautiful waterfalls in the garden 




Daadu and Daadi stand by the thousands of steps made with rocks collected from all over the country...


These railings are made from roots of trees that grow above the ground





Kabir tries to push the walls out as Sahana        watches him! Nope...Sorry they don't move... 


 

Sonie and Rohit among the hundreds of statues made from remnants collected from places all over India. The white pieces you see behind us are broken plates and cups and bowls...One person's trash is another person's treasure...                                                                     

 

Sahana and Mommy pose in front of a wall made entirely of broken electric fuses and plugs...notice the beautiful flowers in our hair...



Kunal had to bend in half to get through the tiny doorways, and there were hundreds of them throughout the gardens...."Where is the exit for this place? ARE WE THERE YET?"   



OK! That's it! this better be the last doorway!


 


Daddy's girl!!


The statues in the background are animal shapes
made from gems and stones of different colors



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