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In a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) on Monday will embark on a one-day Gandhi circuit tour in Delhi covering the sites associated with the Father of the Nation. The move, which was planned to be launched on Sunday — Gandhi Jayanti — could not be done “due to security reasons”.
“We had to postpone the programme till Monday after authorities at Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS), one of the venues, expressed their security concern in view of the presence of a large number of VIPs at the venue on the occasion marked as International Day for Non-violence,” ITDC manager Sanjeev Poswal told The Pioneer.
The official said that the one-day Gandhi Tour Circuit will be a regular affair giving an opportunity to the tourists to peep into the life of Bapu.
“For the tourists, we feel that, it will be a life-like experience of the life and times of the apostle of peace. This is for the first time that we have launched the circuit to exclusively cater to the visitors keen to learn about Gandhi’s life.”
Poswal noted that venues associated with Gandhiji have been among the most popular tourist sites among the travellers whether Indian or foreigners.
The sites that will be covered under the itinerary include Gyarah Murti symbolising the Dandi march, Gandhi Smriti where Gandhi lived for 144 days after September 9, 1947 and the garden where he was assassinated, Khadi Gramadhyog Bhavan, the showcase of Khadi and Khadi products; Harijan Basti where Bapu stayed from April 1, 1946 to June 1, 1947, National Gandhi Museum at Rajghat which relives memories of the Father of the Nation.
The seven-hour tour package also includes Rajghat, where Gandhiji’s body was cremated and is a shrine ever since which has been attracting huge traffic volume annually.
Incidentally, while the corporation has launched the Gandhi circuit in Delhi for the first time, many tour operators have already been offering such Gandhi-theme based tours to the tourists, encashing in on the popularity of the ascetic whose philosophy of nonviolence helped Indians overthrow 200 years of British colonial rule.
The ITDC plans to popularise the Gandhi circuit among school and college students in a big way, informed Poswal.
“We had to postpone the programme till Monday after authorities at Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS), one of the venues, expressed their security concern in view of the presence of a large number of VIPs at the venue on the occasion marked as International Day for Non-violence,” ITDC manager Sanjeev Poswal told The Pioneer.
The official said that the one-day Gandhi Tour Circuit will be a regular affair giving an opportunity to the tourists to peep into the life of Bapu.
“For the tourists, we feel that, it will be a life-like experience of the life and times of the apostle of peace. This is for the first time that we have launched the circuit to exclusively cater to the visitors keen to learn about Gandhi’s life.”
Poswal noted that venues associated with Gandhiji have been among the most popular tourist sites among the travellers whether Indian or foreigners.
The sites that will be covered under the itinerary include Gyarah Murti symbolising the Dandi march, Gandhi Smriti where Gandhi lived for 144 days after September 9, 1947 and the garden where he was assassinated, Khadi Gramadhyog Bhavan, the showcase of Khadi and Khadi products; Harijan Basti where Bapu stayed from April 1, 1946 to June 1, 1947, National Gandhi Museum at Rajghat which relives memories of the Father of the Nation.
The seven-hour tour package also includes Rajghat, where Gandhiji’s body was cremated and is a shrine ever since which has been attracting huge traffic volume annually.
Incidentally, while the corporation has launched the Gandhi circuit in Delhi for the first time, many tour operators have already been offering such Gandhi-theme based tours to the tourists, encashing in on the popularity of the ascetic whose philosophy of nonviolence helped Indians overthrow 200 years of British colonial rule.
The ITDC plans to popularise the Gandhi circuit among school and college students in a big way, informed Poswal.
