The year was 1931, Gandhi on his itinerary stayed back in Mysore to recover from his illness.
When Gandhi was in Mysore, he gave his speech at the Town hall The place he stayed was Diwan Sheshadri Iyer’s house which today is the commercial tax office of Mysore. He visited the then Holageri which is now the Ashokpuram of Mysore. The KR mills were fortunate to get a visit from this man where he inspired the workers with his presence.
Gandhi was pleased with the administration of the state of affairs here and also the way of life. He called the kingdom – ‘Ramarajya’ . The then king Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar was called – ‘Rajarshi’ – king amongst the sanyasins. A sanyasin is known for sacrificing his comforts for the well being of people – a title like this to a king, especially from a man like Gandhi stands for itself. Nalvadi’s certainly was the golden reign of Wodeyars for Mysore and Gandhi undoubtedly the golden era of our independence struggle.
Sadly we lost Gandhi on an unfortunate day- 30th Jan 1948. His ashes were immersed close to Mysore and even to this day we see a stone which commemorates it. Any guesses where?
And before we say goodbye.. Happy Gandhi Jayanti!!
source: http://www.royalmysorewalks.com / Home> Blog / by Vinay Nagaraju / October 02nd, 2012