Before coming to India, we only knew – parts of – Gandhi’s incredible life story from history classes back in the days.
But since we’ve been travelling in India for over a year now, our fascination ofcourse grew and we got to know more and more about this Father of the Indian Nation and his message of love, truth and non-violence.
The honorific title Mahatma – “great-souled” in Sanskrit, – he first received in 1914 in South Africa and has been used all over the world ever since.
India houses lots of Gandhi Museums we found out, where an amazing archive of Gandhis writings, his philosophy and teachings and even his belongings are being preserved.
In December 2019 we got the chance to visit the Gandhi Smriti or Remembrance (formerly known as Birla House).
At this location Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life. You’ll find an exhibition on the Mahatma, and you can visit the room where he lived in. with his last worldly remainings in it.
The Smriti is also the prayer ground where Gandhi was assassinated on the 30th of January 1948, and fell a martyr “with God’s name on his lips”.
In 1996 the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued the Gandhi Series of banknotes. Since then you can find the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi on every Indian banknote.
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