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Kirti Mandir Temple
Kirti Mandir Kasturba Rd Porbandar, GujaratAbout
Kirti Mandir is the memorial temple built in memory of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi located in city of Porbandar, Gujarat, India. The prime attraction is the Kirti Mandir. It is a three storeyed ancestral house of Gandhiji where in the exact place where Putlibai, Gandhiji's mother, had given birth to Gandhi, is marked with a 'swastik'. A narrow wooden staircase leads the visitor to the upper storey, in particular Gandhiji's reading room. Behind Kirti Mandir is Navi Khadi, where Kasturba, Gandhiji's wife was born. The new building adjoining Kirti Mandir, houses a Gandhian Library, a prayer hall, a nursery and a steeple decorated with episodes from Gandhiji's life.
