<p>Every year on Gandhi Jayanti day, people in the district, especially the older generation, remember Mahatma Gandhi as a guest of the district. <br /><br /></p>.<p>An ailing Mahatma Gandhi stayed at Nandi Hills for 45 days in 1936 to recuperate from a speel of high blood pressure. Local archives record that the Mahatma’s recovery swift during this stay.<br /><br />When he left the hill station on May 31, his secretary, Mahadeva Joshi, wrote in the visitor’s book: “Many thanks for all the kindness extended during Gandhiji's stay on the hill.”<br /><br />Gandhi left Nandi and reached Bangalore, after visiting Chikkaballapur, Shidlaghatta, Chintamani, Kolar, Bangarpet and KGF. He went to Bangalore the same night via Malur and stayed there upto June 10, 1936. <br /><br />After visiting Kengeri, he left for Madras on June 11. This was his last visit to Bangalore and the princely state of Mysore.<br /><br />During his stay, Gandhiji regularly visited Madaku Hosahalli village at the foothills and conducted bhajans. To commemorate his visit, the village was renamed Gandhipura several decades ago.<br /><br />Writer Vemagal Somashekar has written an account of Gandhi’s stay here in his book, “Nandi Giridhamadalli Mahatma Gandhi.”<br /><br />Tourism spot<br /><br />Hitherto, only VIPs had the privilege of staying in these rooms in the Gandhi Bhavan atop Nandi Hills. The Bhavan was being managed by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), but now the State Government has transferred the management of Gandhi Bhavan to the Department of Tourism. <br /><br />The Tourism Department has renovated Gandhi Bhavan at a cost of Rs 25 lakh. The garden, which has a statute of Mahatma Gandhi has been improved. <br /><br />The renovation has been done without altering the original structure. One can enjoy the scenic beauty of the hill station from the balconies of the cottages in Gandhi Bhavan.<br /><br />In an earlier occasion Rudrapatnam Shamasastry (1868–1944), Sanskrit scholar and librarian at the Oriental Research Institute Mysore met Mahatma Gandhi in 1927 at Nandi Hills where he was camping and presented him with a copy of ‘Arthashastra’, the treatise which was discovered and published by him.</p>
<p>Every year on Gandhi Jayanti day, people in the district, especially the older generation, remember Mahatma Gandhi as a guest of the district. <br /><br /></p>.<p>An ailing Mahatma Gandhi stayed at Nandi Hills for 45 days in 1936 to recuperate from a speel of high blood pressure. Local archives record that the Mahatma’s recovery swift during this stay.<br /><br />When he left the hill station on May 31, his secretary, Mahadeva Joshi, wrote in the visitor’s book: “Many thanks for all the kindness extended during Gandhiji's stay on the hill.”<br /><br />Gandhi left Nandi and reached Bangalore, after visiting Chikkaballapur, Shidlaghatta, Chintamani, Kolar, Bangarpet and KGF. He went to Bangalore the same night via Malur and stayed there upto June 10, 1936. <br /><br />After visiting Kengeri, he left for Madras on June 11. This was his last visit to Bangalore and the princely state of Mysore.<br /><br />During his stay, Gandhiji regularly visited Madaku Hosahalli village at the foothills and conducted bhajans. To commemorate his visit, the village was renamed Gandhipura several decades ago.<br /><br />Writer Vemagal Somashekar has written an account of Gandhi’s stay here in his book, “Nandi Giridhamadalli Mahatma Gandhi.”<br /><br />Tourism spot<br /><br />Hitherto, only VIPs had the privilege of staying in these rooms in the Gandhi Bhavan atop Nandi Hills. The Bhavan was being managed by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), but now the State Government has transferred the management of Gandhi Bhavan to the Department of Tourism. <br /><br />The Tourism Department has renovated Gandhi Bhavan at a cost of Rs 25 lakh. The garden, which has a statute of Mahatma Gandhi has been improved. <br /><br />The renovation has been done without altering the original structure. One can enjoy the scenic beauty of the hill station from the balconies of the cottages in Gandhi Bhavan.<br /><br />In an earlier occasion Rudrapatnam Shamasastry (1868–1944), Sanskrit scholar and librarian at the Oriental Research Institute Mysore met Mahatma Gandhi in 1927 at Nandi Hills where he was camping and presented him with a copy of ‘Arthashastra’, the treatise which was discovered and published by him.</p>
