Heritage Tours >> Monuments >> Open Hand Emblem

One of the significant monuments constructed by Le Corbusier was the Open Hand Chandigarh’s emblem. A giant open hand made up of metal is meant to convey the message of peace among the humanity. It tells “open to give, open to receive”. Rising 85 feet above the ground the monument is designed like a "weather cock", not to show the incertitude of ideas, but to indicate symbolically the direction of wind (that is the state of affairs). The surface of the hand is coated with baked enamel in orange, green and while – the tri colours of Indian flag..