The "Satjagrahi"

Needless to say that Mahatma Gandhi is the most prominent and venerated personality of modern Indian history

The last 144 days of his life, Gandhi spent in Delhi in this building called Gandhi simitri, which is now not only an excellent museum to document Gandhi's life, but also has an interactive exhibit, which is designed to teach the principles of Gandhi's theories to the visitors

One of the principles was simplicity. This bare room was Gandhi's working and sleeping quarter. Even when visiting cold London in 1930, the already old Gandhi was only wearing his sandals and dhoti, the simple white dress. His politics was based on non-violence and the main measures were hunger strikes, protest marches and non-cooperation   

In the afternoon of 30th of january 1948 Gandhi left the house for his usual meditation in the garden. He was shot by an Hindu activist, who thought Gandhi was weakening India by payments to Pakistan. One of the most non-violent politicians ever ended his life by violence. His last footsteps were cast in stone.

This frame shows Gandhi's only possessions. As usual for Hindus, Gandhi was cremated and in the best tradition of Radjastan maharadhas, a cenotaph was erected at his cremation place.   

Closeby, smaller memorials were built for Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi. Except of Nehru, all of them died by force.

Gandhi also found three Ashrams, places to teach his political principals. One is at his former living quarters in Ahmadabad. Apparently Gandhi's heritage does not bear heavily on the citizens of this town of 5-6 million, because it is the place of frequent racial and religious riots which killed thousands of people since Indias independance

One of  the more simplistic teachings of Gandhi were that everybody should learn how to and spend some time a day spinning. Here his spinning wheel at his home in Ahmadabad

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"Satjagrahi" means "seeker of truth", which was Gandhi's mantra