Gandhi Smriti Delhi

Gandhi Smriti Delhi

Gandhi Smriti is the hallowed site where Mahatma Gandhi is said to have breathe his last on January, 30 1948. The Father of the Nation is said to have inhabited this inhabited the house on which the Smriti lies from September, 9th 1947 to 30th January 1948.

The Government of India acquired the Old Birla House which houses Gandhi Smriti in 1971 and was subsequently made into a National Memorial for the Mahatma. The Memorial was opened to the public from 15, August 1973.

Gandhi Smriti has a small room in which Mahatma Gandhi lived, an adjoining area which he used for his prayers with a huge gathering of people everyday. This was also the area where Mahatma Gandhi received the bullets of his assassin and left for the heavenly abode.

Apart from being an important memorial, Gandhi Smriti works with three key aspects-

  -  Visual Aspect- The Visual Aspects aim at preventing the memories of Bapu, as Gandhi was fondly called, to be forgotten by the posterity. The Smriti also endeavors at endorsing the ideals of Gandhi.
  -  Educative Aspects- For the achievement of this the Smriti pays a whole hearted attention to the values which elevated Mahatma to godlike status.
  -  Service Aspects- The Smriti also organizes programs which bring into action visions of Mahatma Gandhi.

Gandhi Smriti in Delhi also has a small museum with photographs, paintings, sculptures, rocks bearing inscriptions which were all related to Gandhiji stay in the house. Also to be seen is the huge statue of Mahatma Gandhi with a boy and a girl holding a dove in their hands coming out of the globe. This symbolizes universal peace which was one of the fundamentals of Mahatma’s beliefs. There is a legend below the statue which says ‘My Life is My Message’. The statue was sculpted by Sri Ram Sutar, an artist of redoubtable skill and fame.

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