Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue
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Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is The Phillips Collection, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial is a public statue of Mahatma Gandhi, installed on a triangular island along Massachusetts Avenue, in front of the Embassy of India, Washington, D.C., in the United States. A gift from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, it was dedicated on September 16, 2000 during a state visit of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the presence of US President Bill Clinton. Sparked to action in the wake of the 50th anniversary of Indian independence in 1947, the US Congress passed a bill in 1998 authorising the Government of India to establish a memorial to Gandhi on US federal land in the District of Columbia. The 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) bronze statue depicts Mahatma Gandhi in ascetic garb, in reference to his 1930 march against the salt tax in India. It was designed by Gautam Pal, a sculptor from Kolkata. The statue is mounted on a 16 ton plinth of ruby granite from Ilkal, Karnataka, standing in a circular plaza of gray granite pavers. Behind it are three slabs of Karnataka red granite with inscriptions honoring Gandhi's memory, and in front of it is a seat also of red granite. The statue bears an inscription with Gandhi's answer to a journalist who asked for his message to the world: "My life is my message." The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial unveiled in Milwaukee in 2002 includes a similar statue by Gautam Pal, also mounted on a red granite plinth.
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Dates from 2000.
Wikidata Q16900694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2000-09-16
- Height
- 2.64 m
- Elevation
- 25 m
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 6.1 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 6.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- The Phillips Collection: 0.0 mi
- Anderson House: 0.0 mi
- Heurich House Museum: 0.2 mi
- National Museum Of American Jewish Military History: 0.3 mi
- Museum of the Palestinian People: 0.4 mi
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Statue: 0.1 mi
- Taras Shevchenko Statue: 0.1 mi
- General Philip H. Sheridan Statue: 0.2 mi
- Buffaloes Statue: 0.3 mi
- Branches on armature: 0.3 mi
- Kossuth Lajos: 0.1 mi
- Alice Swanson: 0.2 mi
- Orlando Letelier Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Sonny Bono: 0.2 mi
- Jeffrey Long: 0.4 mi
- Sonny Bono Park: 0.2 mi
- Sheridan Circle: 0.2 mi
- Dupont Circle: 0.2 mi
- Mitchell Park: 0.3 mi
- Duke Ellington Park: 0.4 mi
- West End Garden: 0.4 mi
- Kalorama Garden: 0.6 mi
- Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 0.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.3 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.8 mi
- Lock 0: 1.0 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 1.0 mi
- Almas Temple: 1.0 mi
- Alpacas: 1.1 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 1.9 mi
- Reservation 630: 2.0 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.5 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 3.3 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.0 mi
- Lees Hill: 1.0 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.1 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Alto: 1.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 4.9 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.1 mi
- Indian Head: 22.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 2.7 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 9.2 mi
- Great Falls: 12.6 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 276° | 156 m | 10.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 326° | 156 m | 14.5 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 325° | 148 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 263° | 144 m | 7.3 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 265° | 140 m | 6.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 275° | 140 m | 10.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 255° | 137 m | 8.1 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 245° | 125 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1275851634
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