Gandhi Memorial Mandapam, Kanyakumari, India
1. This is a Memorial to Mahatma Gandhi who had visited Kanyakumari in 1925 and 1937
2. It is constructedat a place on the seashore, near to Kumari Amman Temple, where his ashes were kept for public darshan before immersion in the sea on February 12, 1948.
3. This beautiful Gandhi Memorial completed in 1956, is situated as a memorial to the Father of the Nation.
4. Its central shape is 79 feet high representing the age of the Mahatma.
5. It designed in such a way that on his birthday, 2 October, the rays of the sun, through a hole on the roof, falls exactly on the place where the urn was kept.
6. The memorial was transferred to the administrative control of the Public (I P R) Department from Public Works Department of Government of Tamil Nadu in the year 1978
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1. This is a Memorial to Mahatma Gandhi who had visited Kanyakumari in 1925 and 1937
2. It is constructedat a place on the seashore, near to Kumari Amman Temple, where his ashes were kept for public darshan before immersion in the sea on February 12, 1948.
3. This beautiful Gandhi Memorial completed in 1956, is situated as a memorial to the Father of the Nation.
4. Its central shape is 79 feet high representing the age of the Mahatma.
5. It designed in such a way that on his birthday, 2 October, the rays of the sun, through a hole on the roof, falls exactly on the place where the urn was kept.
6. The memorial was transferred to the administrative control of the Public (I P R) Department from Public Works Department of Government of Tamil Nadu in the year 1978
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