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Johannesburg: An eight-foot-tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled at Tolstoy Farm, the commune that he had started during his tenure as a lawyer here in South Africa in the early 20th century. The larger-than-life clay statue, unveiled on Sunday by the High Commissioner of India, Prabhat Kumar, now joins large busts of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, both commissioned

Larger-than-life clay statue, unveiled on Sunday by the High Commissioner of India, Prabhat Kumar, now joins large busts of Mahatma Gandhi

An eight-foot-tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled at Tolstoy Farm in South Africa. The statue, which joins existing busts of Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, is a tribute to Gandhi's time at the commune he established during his tenure as a lawyer in South Africa. The farm was donated by Gandhi's friend, Herman Kallenbach, to help the community resist discriminatory laws. Tolstoy Farm had fallen into disrepair but has been restored by the Mahatma Gandhi Remembrance Organisation.

India will assist in maintaining all sites connected to Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa, the Indian envoy here said on Monday as the world marked the 154th birth anniversary of the global peace icon.

The support from India will continue...all the places connected with Mahatma Gandhi (in South Africa) will receive attention from the government of India: Envoy