NEZCC Stone Sculpture Garden

The NEZCC Stone Sculpture Garden is an open-air sculpture park located inside the North East Zone Cultural Centre complex at 4th Mile, Chumoukedima, Nagaland, near Dimapur. Developed by the North East Zone Cultural Centre under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, it displays large stone sculptures created by artists from Northeast India during national sculpture workshops and symposiums. The landscaped garden presents contemporary and tribal-inspired stone art and serves as a cultural attraction showcasing the region's artistic heritage.

Visitors can expect an open-air landscaped garden within the NEZCC Complex displaying numerous large stone sculptures arranged along pathways and lawns. The sculptures, created by artists from the eight North Eastern states during workshops and symposiums, depict tribal motifs, cultural themes, human figures and abstract forms. Visitors can walk through the garden, view and photograph the artworks, and explore the surrounding cultural centre campus in a quiet, park-like setting.

The garden was developed by the North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, headquartered at Dimapur/Chumoukedima. It was created to promote stone sculpting as an art form in Northeast India through All India Stone Sculpture Workshops and symposiums where sculptors created works on site that were later installed as permanent outdoor exhibits.

The garden showcases the cultural diversity and artistic traditions of Northeast India, featuring stone sculptures by artists from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. It serves as a cultural attraction within the NEZCC Shilpgram complex that aims to preserve, promote and present the heritage, crafts and contemporary art of the North East region to visitors.