On Saturday, more than six decades after his death, another portion of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were scattered in the Indian Ocean, off the South African coast. The ashes were with a family friend, Vilas Mehta
On Saturday, more than six decades after his death, another portion of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were scattered in the Indian Ocean, off the South African coast. The ashes were with a family friend, Vilas Mehta.u00a0
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Gandhi's granddaughter, Ela Gandhi, who is a respected activist in South Africa, has been quoted as saying, "We started thinking -- what shall we do with it? Our broader family said, the ashes must be immersed." Ela Gandhi who led the ceremony, said they chose the Indian Ocean since it was a link between India and South Africa.
Ela Gandhi said, "I think one of the important messages of his death, which today we commemorate is the intolerance that goes on in this world, the intolerance of people for other people on the basis of religion, on the basis of race, on the basis of ethnicity, of class and of caste and so on."
Nearly 200 people arrived in boats to the sea near Durban for the ceremony. Once theu00a0 ashes were immersed, family and friends scattered flowers.
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