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	[[File:Gandhi Museum Madurai.jpg\|thumb\|First Gandhi Memorial Museum in [[Madurai]]]]		'''Gandhi Memorial Museum''', established in 1959, is a memorial museum for [[Mahatma Gandhi]] located in the city of [[Madurai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India. Known as '''Gandhi Museum''', it is now one of the five Gandhi Sanghralayas (Gandhi Museums) in the country. It includes a part of the blood-stained garment worn by Gandhi when he was assassinated by [[Nathuram Godse]].
	'''Gandhi Memorial Museum''', established in 1959, is a memorial museum for [[Gandhi]] located in the city of [[Madurai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India. Known as '''Gandhi Museum''', it is now one of the five Gandhi Sanghralayas (Gandhi Museums) in the country. It includes a part of the blood-stained garment worn by Gandhi when he was assassinated by [[Nathuram Godse]].

	==History==		==History==
	[[File:Gandhi Memorial Museum.jpg\|thumb\|Gandhi Memorial Museum]]		[[File:Gandhi Memorial Museum.jpg\|thumb\|Gandhi Memorial Museum]]
	Years after the [[assassination of Mahatma Gandhi]], in 1948 an appeal was made to the citizens of India nationwide to build memorials for him. With the help of contributions from poor and rich citizens of India, a trust was established for this cause, the [[Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial Trust]]. This museum was inaugurated by the former [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] on 15 April 1959. Gandhi Memorial Museum in Madurai comes under the Peace Museums Worldwide selected by the United Nations Organisation (UNO). The palace of [[Rani Mangammal]] was renovated and converted into the museum.It is near the Madurai Collector Office.		Years after the [[assassination of Mahatma Gandhi]], in 1948 an appeal was made to the citizens of India nationwide to build memorials for him. With the help of contributions from poor and rich citizens of India, a trust was established for this cause, the [[Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial Trust]]. This museum was inaugurated by the former [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] on 15 April 1959. Gandhi Memorial Museum in Madurai comes under the Peace Museums Worldwide selected by the United Nations Organisation (UNO). The palace of [[Rani Mangammal]] was renovated and converted into the museum.It is near the Madurai Collector Office.<ref name=S>{{cite book\|title=The Top Ten Temple Towns of India\|publisher=Mark Age Publication\|first=S.C.\|last=Karkar\|location=Kolkota\|isbn=978-81-87952-12-1\|year=2009\|page=80}}</ref>

	==Collections in the Museum==		==Collections in the Museum==
	The museum has an original letter written personally by Gandhiji to Narayanan Satsangi of Devakottai. A congratulatory message sent by Gandhiji to freedom fighter and poet Subramania Bharati is also preserved in this museum. Another interesting letter is the one written by the Mahatma gandhi to Adolf Hitler addressing him as "Dear Friend".		The museum has an original letter written personally by Gandhiji to Narayanan Satsangi of Devakottai. A congratulatory message sent by Gandhiji to freedom fighter and poet Subramania Bharati is also preserved in this museum. Another interesting letter is the one written by the Mahatma gandhi to Adolf Hitler addressing him as "Dear Friend".<ref name=S/>

	===India Fights for Freedom===		===India Fights for Freedom===
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	===Visual Biography of Gandhiji===		===Visual Biography of Gandhiji===
	Located in a quiet place, this memorial of Gandhi contains a "Visual Biography of Bapuji" containing photos, paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, quotations and selected copies of his letters and renderings. This section contains 124 rare photographs depicting various phases of Gandhi from his childhood days until being taken to the [[crematorium]]. The pictures displayed here are carefully selected making viewers remember the importance of a national leader, who lived his life as an example to all.		Located in a quiet place, this memorial of Gandhi contains a "Visual Biography of Bapuji" containing photos, paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, quotations and selected copies of his letters and renderings. This section contains 124 rare photographs depicting various phases of Gandhi from his childhood days until being taken to the [[crematorium]]. The pictures displayed here are carefully selected making viewers remember the importance of a national leader, who lived his life as an example to all.<ref name=S/>

	===Relics and Replicas===		===Relics and Replicas===
	This section contains 14 original artifacts used by Gandhi. There is a blood stained cloth used by Gandhi on the day of his assassination, although it is also said that this is only a replica and not the original. It is conserved inside a vacuum glass box, making viewers remember the importance of that day in the history of India.		This section contains 14 original artifacts used by Gandhi. There is a blood stained cloth used by Gandhi on the day of his assassination, although it is also said that this is only a replica and not the original. It is conserved inside a vacuum glass box, making viewers remember the importance of that day in the history of India.<ref name=S/>

	==References==		==References==
	{{~~Commons category~~\|~~Gandhi Museum, Madurai}}~~		{{Reflist\|20em}}
	~~{{Reflist~~}}

	==External links==		==External links==
			{{Commons category\|Gandhi Museum, Madurai}}
	* http://www.gandhimuseum.org/		* http://www.gandhimuseum.org/
	* http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/in-search-of-gandhis-footprints/article3941622.ece		* http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/in-search-of-gandhis-footprints/article3941622.ece

>NehruVaa: It is near the Madurai Collector Office. source : https://www.mapsofindia.com/madurai/travel/gandhi-museum.html

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It is near the Madurai Collector Office. source : https://www.mapsofindia.com/madurai/travel/gandhi-museum.html

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{refimprove|date=September 2011}}
[[File:Gandhi Museum Madurai.jpg|thumb|First Gandhi Memorial Museum in [[Madurai]]]]
'''Gandhi Memorial Museum''', established in 1959, is a memorial museum for [[Gandhi]] located in the city of [[Madurai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India. Known as '''Gandhi Museum''', it is now one of the five Gandhi Sanghralayas (Gandhi Museums) in the country. It includes a part of the blood-stained garment worn by Gandhi when he was assassinated by [[Nathuram Godse]].

==History==
[[File:Gandhi Memorial Museum.jpg|thumb|Gandhi Memorial Museum]]
Years after the [[assassination of Mahatma Gandhi]], in 1948 an appeal was made to the citizens of India nationwide to build memorials for him. With the help of contributions from poor and rich citizens of India, a trust was established for this cause, the [[Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial Trust]]. This museum was inaugurated by the former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] on 15 April 1959. Gandhi Memorial Museum in Madurai comes under the Peace Museums Worldwide selected by the United Nations Organisation (UNO). The palace of [[Rani Mangammal]] was renovated and converted into the museum.It is near the Madurai Collector Office.

==Collections in the Museum==
The museum has an original letter written personally by Gandhiji to Narayanan Satsangi of Devakottai. A congratulatory message sent by Gandhiji to freedom fighter and poet Subramania Bharati is also preserved in this museum. Another interesting letter is the one written by the Mahatma gandhi to Adolf Hitler addressing him as "Dear Friend".

===India Fights for Freedom===
A special exhibition on "India Fights for Freedom" with 265 illustrations depicts the history of the Freedom Movement.

===Visual Biography of Gandhiji===
Located in a quiet place, this memorial of Gandhi contains a "Visual Biography of Bapuji" containing photos, paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, quotations and selected copies of his letters and renderings. This section contains 124 rare photographs depicting various phases of Gandhi from his childhood days until being taken to the [[crematorium]]. The pictures displayed here are carefully selected making viewers remember the importance of a national leader, who lived his life as an example to all.

===Relics and Replicas===
This section contains 14 original artifacts used by Gandhi. There is a blood stained cloth used by Gandhi on the day of his assassination, although it is also said that this is only a replica and not the original. It is conserved inside a vacuum glass box, making viewers remember the importance of that day in the history of India.

==References==
{{Commons category|Gandhi Museum, Madurai}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* http://www.gandhimuseum.org/
* http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/in-search-of-gandhis-footprints/article3941622.ece
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131003155231/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2003/07/19/stories/2003071901270300.htm ]

{{Mohandas K. Gandhi}}
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->Billjones94 at 08:04, 2 January 2022

>NehruVaa: It is near the Madurai Collector Office. source : https://www.mapsofindia.com/madurai/travel/gandhi-museum.html