Gandhi's ashes to be immersed in SA

Ashes of Mahatma Gandhi's, the Father of the Nation, will now be scattered off the coast of South Africa on Saturday.

The Mahatma's grand-daughter Ela Gandhi said one of the urns with his ashes, among the many that were sent across the globe, had been sent to South Africa where the Gandhis' family friend, Vilas Mehta, kept some ashes from it. After she passed away, her daughter-in-law decided to give the ashes back to the Gandhi family.

In 2008, another immersion ceremony of Gandhi's ashes was done after the discovery of an urn which was to be displayed by the museum. The ashes were later immersed in the Arabian Sea.