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The Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum is a

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established in 2005. It is located at

Gandhi Smriti Gandhi Smriti, formerly known as Birla House or Birla Bhavan, is a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, situated on Tees January Road, formerly Albuquerque Road, in New Delhi, India. It is the location where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last ...

, formerly

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, the site where

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ru ...

was

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. The museum presents historical records of Gandhi's life, and aims to revive and redefine the values by which India obtained freedom.

History

The project is an initiative of the

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and

Darshan Samiti. It is supported by

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and

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, and developed by the Sacred World Research Laboratory. The museum was inaugurated on 14 April 2005 by Indian Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician, and statesman, who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jaw ...

The exhibition includes displays derived from classical Indian symbols such as the spinning wheel, turning

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s, touching symbolic pillars, the act of hands touching sacred objects, and collaboratively constructed

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s. It embellishes the life of Gandhi in rhythmic with photographs, paintings, film footage, and video clips. A collection of over 40 exhibits shows the intersection of modern tactile computing and new

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with Gandhi's vision. The exhibits were designed by Ranjit Makkuni, who directed a team of over 200 artists, scientists, and craftspeople, and obtained the contribution of leading scholars and institutions from all over the world. The Project won the ID Magazine New York award for its design contributions. A mobile version of the museum travels to different states of the country and abroad.

Gallery

File:Headlines.jpg, A newspaper clippings exhibit File:E-Harmonium.jpg, E-Harmonium File:An exhibit at Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum, Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi.jpg, An exhibit at the museum

References

Eternal Gandhi
Aditya Birla
Pushbutton Gandhi: The Mahatma Goes Multimedia

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External links

Official website: Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum

Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum
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