Snap Shots of Madurai

Gandhi Museum
A Notable Place in of the City of Madurai is the ‘Gandhi Museum’, which houses some of the personal articles that was used by the Mahatma himself during his life time that now stands as valuable historical treasures. One gets to experience the calmness inside this Historical Building spread on 13 acres of land called the Tamukkam Palace of Rani Mangammal of Nayak Dynasty which was built around 1670 AD.

• It is the very First of its kind among the Seven similar museums in India. It was inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 15th April 1959.


• 14 Articles personally uses by Mahatma Gandhi, including the ‘Dothi’ that he used on the day of his assassination are displayed here for the visitors.


• There are 20,000 Volumes in the Library. Thousands of Photostat Copies of Letters of Mahatma Gandhi and 62 reels of Micro Films of important events are preserved at this Museum.


• Important People like Martin Luther King Junior, Dalai Lama and King Virendhra have Visited this Museum

Madurai City is a vital place in the Life History of Gandhi as he not only Visited Madurai on Five Occasions between 1919 and 1946. He ensured that People from the Low castes enter the Hindu Temples and most importantly he took the famous decision of ‘Not wearing a Shirt’ only at Madurai.