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Pilgrimage to Gandhi

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Martin Luther King III and his wife Andrea Waters King plant a tree at the King-Gandhi Memorial Plaza of the India International

Thousands of visitors still pay tribute to the Mahatma Gandhi by visiting major locations associated with his non-violent protest against British rule and the struggle for India’s independence.

Retracing the steps that his parents, Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta King, made 50 years ago, Martin Luther King III made a pilgrimage to the King-Gandhi Memorial Plaza, of the India International Center in New Delhi, and the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad where Gandhi started the famous salt march in 1930.

In tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and his father, Martin Luther King III and his wife Andrea Waters King planted a tree at the King-Gandhi Memorial Plaza. King also delivered a lecture on a “New Non-Violent Revolution” at the New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University and unveiled a rare 1959 photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta King with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Visiting major locations associated with Gandhi in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, and other places, King declared that the example of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi continues to inspire dedicated and determined men and women seeking non-violent means to end inequality in societies around the world. Gandhi’s message is even more relevant to those who want to use love and non-violence to combat terrorism, King stated.

King and his delegation from the United States also attended a play presented by children of the Sabarmati Ashram as part of the countrywide activities in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King’s 1959 tour of India.

The delegation from the US included John Lewis who was part of the civil rights movement, congressman Spencer Bachus, congresswoman Jacjson Lee, and Loretta Sanchez.

King said that he was honored to be in India and retrace the steps of his father who had been there to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. He said that he firmly believes that it has now become even more imperative to spread the message of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Martin Luther King Jr. He reiterated that their movements and messages are eternal. “As I go back to America, I go back even more committed to the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi,” he declared.