RAJAMMA: MAKING A GALLERY OF GANDHI AND VINOBHA PICTURES
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| Ascetic A.K.Rajamma, Vinobha Niketan, Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, |
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30 years ago, the founder of Vinobha Niketan at Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, ascetic A.K.Rajamma had a dream: to organize a permanent exhibition of Gandhi-Vinobha pictures/ sculptures at the Niketan so that it would be an inspiration for the viewers.
She
made many trips to Raj Ghat and Gandhi Smruthi at Delhi.
The Director of Gandhi Smruthi, Dr. N. Radhakrishnan helped her by
providing many pictures.
Now
there are about 500 pictures and sculptures in the exhibition hall.
Some of them are 150 years old.
Route
of Vinobaji’s journey through Kerala, Phoenix ashram at South Africa
where Gandhi and Kasturba stayed, Gandhiji’s personal articles etc. are
represented pictorially in the gallery. Models of Gandhi and Vinobha ashrams, their birthplaces etc
stir a patriotic fervour in the visitor to the gallery.
There
are about 200 orphans living in the Vinobha Niketan, which was started by
Rajamma on September 11, 1954. And the 76-year-old ascetic is like a mother to these
inmates.
The
gallery was designed by 2 artists, Poonkode Udayan and Vijayan.
Part of the exhibition
Courtesy: Manilal Vithura, Malayala Manorama, August 31, 2002
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