October 2nd saw the first Gandhi statue being installed in New Zealand, thanks to the Governor General Anand Satyanand's efforts.
The location was carefully considered and decided to be the front of Wellington Railway station (you can see the station at the background, covered for some renovation work). The choice was made based on the fact that the Mahatma was a great user of the train.
Needless to say many Indian office-goers' hearts will feel a moment of pride and honour when we pass the landmark every working day.
I took this photo yesterday.
6 comments:
Nice to see Gandhiji's statue there. :)
Thanks for your comment Grihini.
I was planning a similar post, but as usual, never even got around to getting a pic taken. Well done for putting this online...
Thanks KL
Fantastic...A fitting tribute to an amazing person. I just hope we show more care to the statues in India
I was at Welly last year. I was surprised and proud to see the statue.
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