Garden of Silence
The Garden of Silence is a meditative space at the end of Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh, India. It features a seated Buddha. The garden is financed by the Ministry of Tourism and developed by the Chandigarh administration.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dilpreetdang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rock Garden of Chandigarh and Open Hand Monument.
Rock Garden of Chandigarh
Garden
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The Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India. It is also known as Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden of Nathupur after its founder Nek Chand Saini, a government official who started building the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957. Rock Garden of Chandigarh is situated 3 km northwest of Garden of Silence.
Open Hand Monument
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The Open Hand Monument is a symbolic structure designed by the architect Le Corbusier and located in the Capitol Complex of the Indian city and union territory of Chandigarh. Open Hand Monument is situated 3 km northwest of Garden of Silence.
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Courthouse
Photo: gb pandey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Punjab and Haryana High Court is situated 3 km northwest of Garden of Silence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chandigarh and Panchkula.
Chandigarh
Photo: duncid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chandigarh is India's first planned city, quite distinct from the rest of the country and considerably better organised. It is the capital of both Haryana and Punjab states, but the city is not part of either state, being a union territory, i.e. administered directly by the central government.
Panchkula
Photo: ramansharma, CC BY 2.0.
Panchkula is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana, India. It is a satellite town of the state capital Chandigarh. Panchkula is a border city with Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh.
Dhanas
Village
Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dhanas is a village Panchayat located in Chandigarh district in Chandigarh, India. The total geographical area of the village is about 5 km2 making it the second biggest village by area in the sub district. Dhanas is situated 8 km northwest of Garden of Silence.
Garden of Silence
- Type: Park
- Description: meditative space in Chandigarh, India
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Haryana, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.73834° or 30° 44′ 18″ northLongitude
76.82975° or 76° 49′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8J2RPRQH+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 360443301OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q5522401
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In Other Languages
From Urdu to Western Panjabi—“Garden of Silence” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “باغ خاموشاں”
- Western Panjabi: “باغ خاموشاں”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Buddha statue and Nature Interpretation center.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Garden of Silence”. Photo: Dilpreetdang, CC BY-SA 4.0.