A Government-run guest house that had hosted Mahatma Gandhi will be revamped and converted into a museum in Kendrapara district.
The guest house, dating back to the colonial era, is located at Garapur near the office-cum-residence of the District Magistrate and the father of the nation had stayed there for three successive days during the course of his historic ‘padyatra’ in 1934.
The Government has decided to convert the guest house into a museum to pay tribute to ‘Bapu’, Kendrapada MLA Sashibhusan Behera said. According to plans, the proposed museum will have a photo gallery, a library and a conference hall, Behera informed.
The furniture and the cot used by the father of nation have been preserved and would be put on display in the museum, he said.
During the ‘padyatra’ in 1934, Gandhi had addressed a public meeting at Garapur on May 28.