The RajGhat is a very sacred place in Delhi as it is the location of Mahatma Ghandi's funeral after his assisination in 1949. This park is probably among the best kept and manicured I've ever seen. The entrance is down a sloping road ... so you're actually entering the park at the low end of its slope. Among the hustle and bustle of a city like Delhi (15.7 million people live in the city!) ... this park was very quiet. Would never have known I was in the heart of a huge city.
This photo was taken from a walkway bridge looking down at the place where Ghandi was cremated. The black marble (with the floral wreaths) is the exact location. And there is an eternal flame right by its side.
Ghandi was, as you probably know, the father of India in that he led the Quit India movement through to her independence from British rule.
I have always been an admirer of Ghandi. And certainly one of the most wonderful parts of this trip was to come here - to this quiet place.
Here in Pune, at the Aga Khan palace, Ghandi's ashes are interred. I took a day trip to the palace my first weekend here ... so I felt that coming here to the RajGhat in Delhi was like completing a circle of some kind.
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