Statue of Mahatma Gandhi | |
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The statue in 2008
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Location in New York City | |
Artist | Kantilal B. Patel |
Year | 1986 (1986) |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Bronze |
Subject | Mahatma Gandhi |
Location | Manhattan, New York City, United States |
Coordinates | 40°44′08″N 73°59′29″W / 40.73553°N 73.99134°W / 40.73553; -73.99134 |
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, also referred to as Mohandas Gandhi, is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting Mahatma Gandhi, located at Union SquareinManhattan, New York, United States.[1]
The 8-foot (2.4 m) high statue, larger than life size, was designed by Kantilal B. Patel and donated by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation with support from Mohan Murjani. It was dedicated on October 2, 1986, the 117th anniversary of Gandhi's birth; civil rights leader Bayard Rustin delivered a keynote speech at the ceremony.[2] The statue was removed in 2001, conserved, and reinstalled in a landscaped garden area in 2002.
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