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Welcome
to
GANDHI
DARSHAN
Gandhi
Darshan
was
formed
in
September
1984
by
the
merger
of
Gandhi
Darshan
at
Rajghat
and
Gandhi
Smriti,
at
5,
Tees
January
Marg
as
an
autonomous
body,
and
is
functioning
under
the
constructive
advice
and
financial
support
from
the
Ministry
of
Culture,
Government
of
India.
The
Prime
Minister
of
India
is
its
Chairperson
and
it
has
a
nominated
body
of
senior
Gandhians
and
representatives
of
various
government
departments
to
guide
it
in
its
activities.
The
basic
aim
and
objective
of
the
Samiti
is
to
propagate
the
life,
mission
and
thought
of
Mahatma
Gandhi
through
various
socio-educational
and
cultural
programmes....
It
has
two
campuses
:
(a)
Gandhi
Smriti
Gandhi
Smriti,
housed
in
the
Old
Birla
House
on
5,
Tees
January
Marg,
New
Delhi,
is
the
sacred
place
where
Mahatma
Gandhi's
epic
Life
ended
on
30
January
1948.
Mahatma
Gandhi
had
lived
in
this
house
from
9
September
1947
to
30
January
1948.
Thus,
the
hallowed
house
treasures
many
memories
of
the
last
144
days
of
his
life.
The
Old
Birla
House
was
acquired
by
the
Government
of
India
in
1971
and
was
converted
into
a
National
Memorial
of
the
Father
of
the
Nation
and
was
opened
to
the
public
on
August
15,
1973.
The
preserves
include
the
room
where
Mahatma
Gandhi
lived
and
the
prayer
ground
where
he
held
a
mass
congregation
every
evening.
It
was
here
where
assassin’s
bullets
felled
Gandhiji.
The
building
and
the
landscape
have
been
preserved
as
they
were
in
those
days.
The
Memorial
consists
of:
(a)
Visual
Aspects
to
perpetuate
the
memory
of
Mahatma
Gandhi
and
the
noble
ideals
he
represented,
(b)
Educative
Aspects
to
focus
concentrated
attention
on
certain
values
of
life
that
made
Gandhi
a
Mahatma,
and
(c)
Service
Aspects
to
introduce
activities
in
order
to
subserve
certain
felt
needs.
On
display
in
the
Museum
are
photographs,
sculptures,
paintings,
frescos,
inscriptions
on
rocks
and
relics
pertaining
to
the
years
Mahatma
Gandhi
spent
here.
The
meagre
personal
effects
of
Gandhiji
too
are
carefully
preserved.
A
larger
than
life
statue
of
Mahatma
Gandhi,
with
a
boy
and
a
girl
holding
a
dove
in
their
hands
standing
on
either
side,
emerging
out
of
the
globe,
symbolising
his
universal
concern
for
the
poor
and
the
deprived,
welcomes
the
visitor
at
the
main
entrance
of
the
Gandhi
Smriti.
It
is
the
work
of
the
renowned
sculptor
Sri
Ram
Sutar.
The
legend
at
the
base
of
the
sculpture
says,
"My
Life
is
My
Message".
A
Martyr's
Column
stands
at
the
spot
where
the
Father
of
the
Nation
was
assassinated,
commemorating
the
Martyrdom
of
Mahatma
Gandhi
as
the
embodiment
of
all
the
sufferings
and
sacrifices
that
characterised
the
long
struggle
for
India's
Freedom.
(b)
International
Centre
of
Gandhian
Studies
and
Research
The
second
campus
is
situated
adjacent
to
the
Mahatma
Gandhi
Samadhi
at
Rajghat.
The
sprawling
thirty-six
acre
campus
came
into
existence
in
1969
to
mark
the
centenary
of
Mahatma
Gandhi.
An
International
Gandhi
Darshan
Exhibition
was
housed
to
commemorate
the
occasion.
Divided
into
six
huge
pavilions
spread
across
the
campus,
it
sought
to
bring
alive
the
eternal
message
of
the
Mahatma
“My
Life
is
My
Message”.
The
founding
fathers
envisaged
that
in
due
course
of
time
it
would
evolve
into
an
educational
centre
of
international
stature.
This
dream
came
true
when
in
1994,
during
the
125th
Birth
Anniversary
of
Gandhiji;
the
campus
was
converted
into
an
International
Centre
of
Gandhian
Studies
and
Research
(ICGSR).
The
Centre
offers
research
and
guidance
facilities
to
scholars
from
India
and
abroad,
documentation
of
various
peace
initiatives
and
seeks
to
provide
various
inputs
on
Gandhi
and
allied
subjects
at
one
place.
At
present
the
Centre
provides
a
comprehensive
exhibition
on
Gandhi,
conference
halls,
camping
facilities
for
major
national
and
international
meets,
a
library,
children's
corner,
photo
unit
and
a
publications
division.
The
Samiti
also
publishes
a
journal,
titled
Anasakti
Darshan.
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