Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai
Gandhi Memorial museum at Madurai has been built and organised by the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi. It is governed by the committee of executive members and general body members.
The building that houses the Gandhi Memorial Museum Madurai is the historic Tamukkam Palace of Rani Mangammal of Naick dynasty built about 1670 A.D.
The picture Gallery presents a visual biography of Gandhiji. Pictorial Gallery depicting a visual biography of Gandhiji by means of photographs, quotations, paintings etc and some of the selected Photostat copies of many of Gandhiji's letters.
'The Hall of Relics' where some of Gandhiji's personal belongings (original and replicas) are preserved.
To the south of the building is a big open-air theatre with a capacity to accommodate about 8,000 people. Cultural programmes, weekly film shows and public meetings on special occasions are held in this theatre.
Tamukkam,Madurai-625 020,
Tamilnadu.India.
e-mail : info@gandhimmm.org
pandianji@lycos.com
dr.t.ravichandran@lycos.com
Ph: 91-452- 5544930, 0091-9443037339, 2531060
Web : http://www.gandhimmm.org/