Gandhi Samadhi, Aga Khan Palace (portion of ashes interred)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Aga Khan Palace, Nagar Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411006, India
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VISITOR INFORMATION
Seek the Gandhi ashes memorial on the grounds and the separate memorials to Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai. The memorial represents only a portion of Gandhi’s ashes.
The palace is a visitor museum. Verify its current hours and admission with the operator before travel; the available official tourism page does not give a dependable current schedule.
Consider November–February for more comfortable weather; confirm current access and visiting hours.
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About Gandhi Samadhi, Aga Khan Palace (portion of ashes interred)
A portion of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes rests on the Aga Khan Palace grounds; this is not a body burial. The palace also commemorates Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai.
The palace and grounds are maintained as a Gandhi memorial and museum, with exhibits of personal belongings and independence history.
History happened here at Gandhi Samadhi, Aga Khan Palace (portion of ashes interred)
Aga Khan Palace was built in 1892. British authorities confined Mahatma Gandhi, Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai here during the Quit India movement of 1942–1944.
Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai died during detention and have memorials on the grounds. After Gandhi’s 1948 cremation, a portion of his ashes was interred here. The palace now presents a museum of the independence movement.
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EXTERNAL LINKS
Incredible India, Aga Khan Palace history and ashes memorial: https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/maharashtra/pune/aga-khan-palace
Pune district government, Aga Khan Palace: https://pune.gov.in/en/tourist-place/aagakhan-palace/
Map coordinates: https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/7042/