Gandhi museum opens in Durban, South Africa

The memories related to the ‘Father of modern India’ are now officially put on display at a newly-opened Gandhi museum in Durban, a city in eastern South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. The museum was recently launched by General V K Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs.
One of the best things about the museum is that it stands on the piece of land that was once possessed by Mahatma Gandhi himself in 1897. He would hold public meetings at the time when the Natal Indian Congress put up a strong resistance against the racist laws made for Indians in South Africa. The museum showcases the life and global impact of Gandhi via the original artefacts owned by him.


Indian tourists and politicians visiting Durban have been religiously making a stopover at the Phoenix Settlement, the site where Mahatma Gandhi lived during his stay in the city. Since decades, the coastal town of Durban has maintained fond ties with India, and houses the maximum number of Indian migrants of all the foreign nations. And this fact is evident in one of the main facets of Durban’s culture – the food.
Durban is the place where the Zulu tribe lives. All it takes is a short drive from the city to reach the valley of 1000 hills where the Zulus live in a very traditional manner. Durban is also home to several swanky shopping spaces, craft shops and street markets, thereby, playing a pleasant host to shoppers around the world. There are many other attractions in the city such as the Big Rush Big Swing, Golden Mile and Moses Mabhida Stadium that offer highly gratifying experience to the tourists.