Hi Local Guides,
I hope you are all doing well.
(Above) Me and Gandhi in front of the Wellington Railyway station (spotted him upon my early arrival to New Zealand when we did city tour & sightseeing)
** @AbdullahAM 's post about the statue at public place**did remind me about the human size-statue of Sir Mahatma Gandhi in New Zealand. Some sources mentioned about having about 10 of his statues built abroad as a symbol of peace, non-violence and humanity. Countries that built his statute included US, UK, Denmark, South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Switzerland, Austria, Uganda, Spain and many other countries. Another sources mentioned about 49 statues of him being built around the world (outside of India). USA holds more records for this.
Please check that source out if you are interested. It has date of construction and many other things.
(Above) the railway station from the long distance
The one that was placed in Wellington’s railway station (Google Map) is human size-bronze statue made by the Indian sculptor, Gautam Pal and presented to Wellington mayor as the strong collaboration betwen the countries and it was unveiled in 2007. The reason they placed him here beside the Railway Station said because Gandhi was a man who liked to travel by train and public transport.This one in New Zealand is even more interesting as it was not documented, take mine as the record 
@TravellerG & @TusharSuradkar you must be proud of him, the father of the nation
(Below) me pictured with Gandhi in full landscape
(Above) me in front of the Wellington railway station (designated as World Heritage Site in September 25, 1986)
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Another great post from @Sophia_Cambodia . Do u know i also collecting Statue photos and history.
Keep up explore the world.
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Yea, thank you. Interesting to know more about the statue @NasimJoy Do you have Gandhi statue in your country too?
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yeah. In Bangladesh have Mahatma Gandhi Statue. But i actually Don’t know where located is it.
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Glad to see your post about sculptures @Sophia_Cambodia
I’m not sure how many places have the statue of Mahatma Gandhi but i have seen many place in India and also in UK.
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Sure @AbdullahAM the source mentioned about having 49 statues outside of India in various countries, including UK and US (have a lot in different states).
There are 27 Peace Monuments in India, Related to Mahatma Gandhi
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Very interesting information and a nice photo of Mahatma Gandhi.
That he 'liked to travel by train and public transport is new to me 
@Sophia_Cambodia
An important incident in the life of Mahatma Gandhi was being thrown out of a train for racial discrimination after which he decided to stand up against British rule leading to the freedom of India.
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I see, interesting.
Btw, I watched his film-documentary long time ago and saw that he was a man who likes to sew clothes by his own hands, not sure it that is true @TusharSuradkar
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Not sewing but Mahatma Gandhi promoted spinning the yarn as a symbolic gesture to boycott imported goods and promote locally produced stuff including clothes and everything else.
@Sophia_Cambodia This was in the 1930s when India was struggling to gain freedom from British Rule.
You probably saw the 1982 Hollywood film - Gandhi.
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I got goosebumps briefly watching the movie @TusharSuradkar it is that one I saw. Thank you for sharing the movie, appreciated.
The guy who portraited as him looks almost identical to him.
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Perfect observation @Sophia_Cambodia
The actor is Ben Kingsley from the US.
This film won 16 Oscar awards
Many Indian actors played various roles in the film.
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I watched again (at work), I cried only to see the amount of people who joined his funeral march @TusharSuradkar he is very much like our patriot (Mr. Kem Ley) who was killed in 2016. There** are hundred thousands of people joined in the funeral.**
Yeah, I knew few of them (the actors) who plays in Bollywood movies.
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Indeed, it is so heart-touching to see the public crying over the demise of a beloved leader.
The statues of Mahatma Gandhi are in virtually every country.
There’s is one in Phnom Penh as well if you are able to visit:
https://goo.gl/maps/8zhLzgUSiNPrHYo77
Which language are the people in your video speaking?
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By the look, it is located in Democracy park in Phnom Penh (not so popular for exercise in the evening like the one at the independent monument) but this park before was used for demonstration or any political activity like that for people to express their thoughts. I have never visited that park to know the existence. Thanks for sharing about him @TusharSuradkar
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We speak Khmer (the combination of three languages: Khmer, Pali and Sangkrit) @TusharSuradkar there are many words that might sound familiar to you but you heard it right. Those are words from Pali and Sangkrit or Makathak language, the langue of the Buddha’s birthplace), like the word អហឹង្សារ (Ahimsa = non-violence), សុរិយា Surya (sun), …many words!
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That is interesting @Sophia_Cambodia Pali and Sanskrit are popular in India, the birthplace of Buddha, and are taught right from early School days and spoken by a few people. I too have learnt Sanskrit for 2 years as a subject in school.
I have known Khmer as an empire in the olden days but a language with the same name existed was not known to me
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Interesting indeed @TusharSuradkar if you meet any Buddhist monk (especially the one who goes to study Buddhism in India) and try to communicate in that language I believe you can. We use a lot of those languages with our language to be called Khmer language. I cannot tell how many percent (%) they are mixed in our everyday language. However, in school we were taught to recognize if those words were borrowed from Sangkrit or Pali by seeing how it is spelled.
- Many families (even myself) love to name our children with those languages, like Mullica / Malis (Jasmine) or Tara (Star) or something like that. Just note that there are lots and lots of words from those two languages we are using
- My name សោភា Sophea (beautiful and wisdom is also from that language)
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Thanks for reminding the film Gandhi…
@TusharSuradkar
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Simple, but valuable post.
Of course, Mahatma Gandhi was a unique leader…
Unfortunately, our World lacks the wisdom what he taught us.
The photos are good, but the 3rd photo ID missing - could you please check it?
Mostly it is in a private album.
Regards… 
@Sophia_Cambodia
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