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Photo: Photo by Humayunn Niaz Ahmed Peerzaada via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)On the banks of the Yamuna, a nation said goodbye. Gandhi's last words, Hey Ram, are carved into black marble beside an eternal flame.
The cremation site and memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, marking the spot on the banks of the Yamuna where he was cremated on 31 January 1948, a day after his assassination. A simple black marble platform, inscribed with his last words "Hey Ram," marks the exact site, kept perpetually lit with an eternal flame. The surrounding park has since become the site of memorials to several other Indian leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. It remains one of Delhi's most solemn and frequently visited sites of national remembrance.
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108 stone steps lead down to what was once a deep water tank, between walls built to pull your eye toward the water.
Feroz Shah Tughlaq had an Ashokan pillar moved here, and it still stands among the ruins of his fortress.
Gandhi lived here for his last 144 days, from 9 September 1947. On 30 January 1948 he was assassinated on these grounds, and a line of footsteps cast in concrete traces his last walk to the prayer meeting.