National Gandhi Museum and the many memories of Mahatma

From replica of Mahatma Gandhi's residence at Sabarmati Ashram to his 'recreated heartbeat' in a digital medium -- the National Gandhi Museum has an eclectic atmosphere to pay tributes to the Father of the Nation on his 150th birth anniversary.

Decked up to the hilt to celebrate the occasion, the museum, standing in this location since 1961, provides a complete panorama of Gandhi's life, work and philosophy through the many relics, photographs, art works, audio-visuals and literature.

Go there and you find yourself standing next to 'Hridaya Kunj' -- a replica of Gandhi's residence in the Sabarmati Ashram from 1915 to 1930 -- and make note of his life-long philosophy of 'simple living' up close and personal, or walk upstairs and pick up a phone placed there to hear Gandhi's voice on the other side giving his eternal message of "peace, love and brotherhood".

The relatively latest addition to the repository of Gandhi's collection is his 'recreated heartbeat' in a digital medium. The heartbeat was recreated after gathering the electrocardiography (ECG) details from different stages of Gandhi's life.

Soon after listening to the heartbeat, an excited nine-year-old beams with joy, "Did you hear it? This is so unreal. Wait I'll tell my mother also."