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Rajghat is the name of a ghat of Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad), on the banks of river Yamuna. It was here that Mahatma Gandhi was cremated on 31st January, 1948 a day after his martyrdom. A memorial was built here to pay homage to Father of the Nation. A stone footpath from the main gate leads to the enclosure that houses the memorial, which is a black marble platform left open to the sky. On the one side in the centre an eternal flame burns perpetually and on the other side the last utterances of Gandhiji ‘Hey Ram’ meaning ‘O God’ is inscribed. The memorial reflects the simplicity of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi’s life. A Spinning Programme and Sarva-Dharma-Prarthana is held every Friday at the Samadhi premises.

Mahatma Gandhi

(1869-1948)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma (Great Soul) Gandhi, was born at Porbander, Gujarat on 2nd October, 1869 and martyred in Delhi on 30th January, 1948. After initial education in India he studied bar-at- law in England. He went to South Africa in 1893 and spent more than 20 years fighting for the rights of Indians against unjust laws through "Satyagraha" - a methodology he successfully continued upon returning to India in 1915, till attainment of freedom on 15th August, 1947. He united the people for freedom struggle and is called Father of the Nation. He lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community and wore the traditional Indian dhoti and shawl, woven with khadi, a yarn hand-spun on a charkha His Samadhi at Raj Ghat symbolises Truth, Non-violence, Sarvadharma Samabhava, Gram Swaraj, Trusteeship and Swadeshi, which are the building blocks of a new social order free from all kinds of exploitation, discrimination and domination.