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LOCATIONS - MEMORIALS - Mahatma Gandhi
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2 Aug 2021
Memorials built across India in honour of The Father of our nation.
Raj Ghat, The memorial to Mahatma Gandhi located in Mahatma Gandhi Road (Delhi's Ring Road) has a black marble platform
marking the spot of Mahatma Gandhi’s cremation inscribed with his last
words ‘Hey Ram’. Vanu G. Bhuta, designed the memorial to reflect
the simplicity of the Mahatma’s life. It is uncovered, with an eternal
flame that burns continuously at one end. Prayer sessions are held on
Gandhi’s birth and death anniversaries. A remembrance ceremony is
held every Friday at Raj Ghat.
Source: theculturetrip.com
National Gandhi museum
is built opposite the SAMADHI of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat,
New Delhi, in 1959 formally
inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the President of India, on January
30, 1961. The Museum was named ‘Gandhi Memorial Museum’ (Gandhi Smarak
Sangrahalaya), now commonly known as ‘National Gandhi Museum’ (Rashtriya
Gandhi Sangrahalaya) as there are also a number of regional Gandhi
memorial museums in India.
The National Gandhi Museum has a rich collection of memorabilia closely
connected with Mahatma Gandhi, Kastur Ba and Indian Freedom Struggle.
Source: gandhimuseum.org
Gandhi Mandpam, Kanyakumari
Out of the 12 urns of ash after his cremation in 1948, one was taken to
Kanyakumari for immersion in the sea. At the spot where the
urn was placed for the public to pay their homage, a Memorial was
completed in 1956 shaped like the Orissa style of architecture. The central
spire 79 feet high is symbolic of the age of Mahatma Gandhi at the time of his demise. Every 2nd
October on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Sun's rays fall exactly on the spot where his ashes were kept.
Source: kanyakumaritourism.in
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