Trip to Kanyakumari: Chapter 3: Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Kanyakumari: Part 1 Tamil Nadu AdmirableIndia.com

Trip to Kanyakumari: Chapter 3: Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Kanyakumari: Part 1

1st December 2008, 07:26 pm

After taking a lot of photos in the Government Museum we went to see the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial. The beautiful Gandhi Memorial completed in 1956, is situated as a memorial to the Father of the Nation. An urn of Mahatma Gandhi was kept here for public to pay homage before immersion. Mahatma Gandhi visited Kanyakumari twice in 1925 and 1937. Mahatma Gandhi visited Kanyakumari in January 1937. In 1948 his ashes were immersed in the seawaters in Kanyakumari. In commemoration of this event a beautiful monument has been constructed here. Its central shape is 79 feet high representing the age of the Mahatma Gandhi. It was designed such that on Gandhiji’s birthday (2nd October), the suns rays fall on the place where his ashes were kept. The memorial was transferred to the administrative control of the Public (Information and Public Relations) Department from Public Works Department of Government of Tamil Nadu in the year 1978. Visting Hours: 7 AM To 7 PM.

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial

Just outside the museum I found the profile of Mahatma Gandhi:

Profile of Mahatma Gandhi

1869 October 2nd	Mr. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi later known as Mahatma was born at Porbandar in Gujarat
1889	He set sail to England and became a Barrister there
1893	Went to South Africa to attend a case for a Bombay merchant. He participated in a Satyagraha against the Government for the people of Asia who lived there
1915	Returned to India
1919	Started the All India Satyagraha movement to withdraw Rowlett Act
1922	Participated in the Foreign cloth prohibition movement and was sentenced with two years imprisonment
1930	Independence is our birthright was roared and started the Salt Satyagraha against the heavy tax imposed on salt by British.
1931	Gandhi- Irwin Pact
1942	Started the Quit India movement.
1947	Hunger strike for the Hindu-Muslim unity
1948 January 30th	Shot dead on his way to the prayer meeting