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Raj Ghat

A simple black marble platform on the spot where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated in 1948.

Photo: Humayunn Niaz Ahmed Peerzaada from Mumb… · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
Every day
Price
Free
Time Needed
45 minutes
Address
Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi Road, New Delhi, Delhi 110002Directions
Getting There
Metro to Delhi Gate on the Violet Line, then a short ride.

Why Go

An eternal flame burns at one end of the platform, in calm lawns. Visiting heads of state still come here to lay flowers.

Memorials to Nehru, Indira Gandhi and other leaders lie nearby along the Yamuna.

Tips

  • Shoes come off before the platform.

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