INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gandhi Smarak Mandir, a memorial was constructed in Kanyakumari in 1956 in Odhisha style to commemorate the immersion of the ashes of the father of the nation in the ‘Triveni Sangamam.

Detailed explanation-2: -Also known as Gandhi Mandapam, the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial is where the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi were kept before being immersed in the waters at Kanyakumari.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ashes of Mahatma Gandhi were Immersed today at 1-55 p.m. in the waters of India’s holiest rivers, the Ganga, the Jumna and the Saraswati at their confluence at Prayag.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the Order of The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi Selvi J Jayalalithaa, Mahatma Gandhi statue and its surroundings in Kamarajar Salai, Marina beach, Chennai are renovated at a cost of Rs. 11.95 lakh.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gandhi Mandapam is a series of memorial structures built on Sardar Patel Salai, in Adyar, Chennai. The first structure to be built on the premises was a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, opened by then Chief Minister of Madras, C. Rajagopalachari on 27 January 1956.