Built May 1, 2011 - 2013 Theatre seating 6000 Inaugurated 2011 | Meeting-room seating 2500 (4 Seminar Halls) Phone 079 2325 0492 Construction cost 2.15 billion INR | |
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Mahatma mandir state of the art convention and exhibition centre
Mahatma Mandir is a convention centre and a memorial located at sector 13, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is inspired from life and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. It is one of the biggest convention centre of India spread over 34 acres (14 ha; 0.053 sq mi).
Contents
- Mahatma mandir state of the art convention and exhibition centre
- Mahatma mandir and dandi kutir night view gandhinagar
- History
- Convention centre
- Memorial
- Central vista
- Controversies
- References
It was developed by Government of Gujarat. Business summits like Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 were organised here.
Mahatma mandir and dandi kutir night view gandhinagar
History
Government of Gujarat wanted to develop Mahatma Mandir as a place of unity and development. Sand was brought in urns by representatives of all 18,066 villages of Gujarat and emptied it in the foundation of the Mahatma Mandir. A time capsule was buried under Mahatma Mandir containing history of state in 2010 at the ground breaking ceremony.
It was built by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Shapoorji Pallonji And Company Limited in two phases. Its planning and design is environment friendly.
Phase 1 of Mahatma Mandir was constructed in nine months starting from May 2010 to January 2011 at cost of Rs 135 crore. It includes a convention centre, three big exhibition halls and small halls having conferencing facility.
Phase 2 includes construction of salt mound memorial, a garden, a suspension bridge, wind mills and development of parking space at cost of Rs 80 crore.
Convention centre
A convention centre has column free air conditioned halls with capacity to accommodate over 15,000 people at a time. Its theatre style main hall have capacity of 6000 people. Exhibition halls are built over 10,000 sq ft (930 m2) area. It has four seminar halls (three having seating capacity of 500 and one with capacity of 1000), seven high tech conference halls and a meeting room.
Memorial
A memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi was constructed by Shapoorji Pallonji And Company Limited. A suspension bridge is built in memory of the Dandi March. A concrete dome structure is constructed representing salt mound houses a museum, library and research center. A sculpture garden with stone murals depicting the life of Mahatma Gandhi is also developed. A grand spinning wheel, Charkha, is installed also.
Central vista
The 162 metre wide and 3 km long road connecting Mahatma Mandir and Gujarat Legislative Assembly building was constructed. It has three lanes on both side with gardens between them. It is a broadest avenue in Gujarat.
Controversies
356 families of slum dwellers were displaced by project resulted in controversy which later got new facility.
Some Gandhians were protested against its construction by arguing that it did not befit philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi.