Minister of Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan and Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on November 6, 2020 inaugurated the 360 degree video-immersive experience in circular dome and Digital Exhibits on Mahatma Gandhi installed at Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, in New Delhi.
- This was part of two-year long commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
About Gandhi Darshan
- It is thirty-six-acre campus near Rajghat that came into existence in 1969 to mark the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Thirteen Indian states and seven foreign countries had joined hands in creating the magic, called the Gandhi Darshan International Exhibition.
Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti
- Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS) was formed in September 1984 by the merger of Gandhi Darshan at Rajghat, New Delhi and Gandhi Smriti, at 5, Tees January Marg as an autonomous body.
- It is functioning under the constructive advice and financial support from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
- The Prime Minister of India is its Chairperson and it has a nominated body of senior Gandhians and representatives of various government departments to guide it in its activities.
- The basic aim and objective of the Samiti are to propagate the life, mission and thought of Mahatma Gandhi through various socio-educational and cultural programmes.
