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Rajmohan Gandhi at the Cleveland Indian Cultural Garden

Rajmohan Gandhi
Cleveland Indian Cultural Garden
September 6,2008

Rajmohan Gandhi is currently a Research Professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He has written and spoken about his grandfather Mahatama Gandhi extensively.

His new book, Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the Empire is a comprehensive (over 700 pages) look at the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

On September 6, 2008 Rajmohan Gandhi visited the Indian Cultural Garden in Cleveland, Ohio. He spoke about his grandfather and posed for photos in front of the impressive Mahatma Gandhi statue. He also assisted in planting and dedicating a tree in the Garden.

Gandhi Statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Garden

The tree planting ceremony occurs near the Gandhi Statue in the Indian Cultural Garden

Children singing the opening prayer

The ceremony began with a brother and sister singing a beautiful prayer from the 15th Century



Watch the children singing in the short video below





Watch Rajmohan Gandhi introduce his wife Usha and his response to the children's song (below)




Dr. Raj Aggarwal helps plant the tree

Dr. Raj Aggarwal (and others below) help plant the tree

Cleveland Indian Cultural Garden tree planting dedication

Cleveland Indian Cultural Garden tree planting dedication

Cleveland Indian Cultural Garden tree planting dedication



Rajmohan and Usha Gandhi and others in the Indian community dedicate a tree in the Indian Cultural Garden in Cleveland
(video below)



Rajmohan Gandhi and wife Usha pose in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Rajmohan Gandhi and wife Usha pose in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Rajmohan Gandhi and wife Usha pose in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Rajmohan Gandhi and wife Usha pose in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Rajmohan Gandhi and wife Usha pose in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens


Rajmohan Gandhi, next to a statue of his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi, welcomes and praises the Cleveland Indian community for their love of Cleveland, the United States and India. He jokes about the baseball team, Cleveland Indians, and gives a message and wish for peace. (below)




Rajmohan Gandhi and wife Usha pose in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Rajmohan Gandhi and Raj Aggarwal  pose in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Rajmohan Gandhi and wife Usha pose in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Rajmohan Gandhi and wife Usha pose in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Rajmohan Gandhi in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Child in front of the Mahtama Gandhi statue in Cleveland Indian Cultural Gardens

Raj Aggarwal and Rajmohan Gandhi

Raj Aggarwal and Rajmohan Gandhi


See pictures and hear audio from Rajmohan Gandhi's visit to the Cleveland City Club to talk about his new book on Mahtama Gandhi



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