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 4 km away from
Janpath to the N-East of Feroz Shah near Delhi Gate at Ring Rd
on the bank of Jamuna situated Rajghat. Jawaharlal Nehru Rd
also ends opp. Rajghat. On 31st Jan. 1948, Mahatma Gandhi's
last rites was performed here. The memorial stone of Gandhi is
square in shape made of black stone. His last ward- 'Hey Ram'
is inscribed on it.
Ordinary people, VIPs, foreign tourists all come here at
Rajghat to pay their homage to him. On every Friday (the day
of his death) a prayer is being held. Except Monday, a regular
feature of projecting Gandhi philosophy in picture, sculpture
and photos from 10-00 to 17-00 is being performed at Rajghat.
Besides, there is Gandhi Memorial Museum projecting his life
and the philosophy of Sarvodaya Movement in film from 9-30 to
17-30 except Thursday and on Sunday at 16-00 in Hindi and
17-00 in English.
Another Gandhi memorial is Gandhi Balidansthal or assassinated
spot at Tis January Marg of the city. On 30 Jan. 1948 on his
way to prayer at Biral Bhawan , he was assassinated by
bullets. Hence, this memorial.
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