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NEW DELHI -- Gandhi is now available at the push of a button. The frail, half-naked ascetic who fought British colonial oppression with nonviolence and austerity is the focus of a multimedia ...
The walking stick, brought from Tiruchi, was received by G. Kalyanasundaram, co-chair of Madurai Chapter of Yi, at Gandhi Memorial Museum around 11.30 a.m.
In Vasana, a cotton-farming village where the marchers halted under a mango tree that still stands, I found a statue of Gandhi with his walking stick. A drift of garbage had collected at its base.
Known as Nordic walking, this form of exercise takes a regular walk to the next level. Nordic walking, with the help of sticks, involves a full-body workout that goes beyond just leg movement.
The life-size statue depicts Gandhi, known as Mahatma, meaning holy one or sage, holding a walking stick, wearing glasses, sandals, a loincloth and shawl. It weighs 5 tons, including its base.
It depicts a lifelike, bespectacled Gandhi walking with a long stick and the base engraved with four principles he stood for: nonviolence, peace, compassion and truth.
The statue of spiritual and political leader Mahatma Gandhi that stood in Waikiki was found toppled on the morning of Aug. 8, but there are differing views on what may have happened to it.
The life-size statue depicts Gandhi, known as Mahatma, meaning holy one or sage, holding a walking stick, wearing glasses, sandals, a loincloth and shawl. It weighs five tons, including its base.
Icon artists How MF Husain immortalised Gandhi striding for India’s freedom The painter’s distinctive style contributes to the aesthetic that has produced the iconic image of a mobile Mahatma ...