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Digital recreation of the iconic leader’s heartbeat and digital kit will be launched to mark his 150 birth anniversary Visitors can now listen to Mahatma Gandhi’s “recreated heartbeats” at Delhi’s National Gandhi Museum. The Museum will launch a series of programmes on Monday to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation. On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, the museum will also inaugurate a special photo exhibition on the theme of ‘Non-violence and World Peace’ and release a finely-curated ‘Digital Multimedia Kit’ containing audio and video footage from his life, Museum director A. Annamalai said on Sunday. “We have gathered the ECG (electrocardiography) details from different stages of Gandhiji’s life and recreated his heartbeat on the digital medium. This will be a very interesting feature for the public,” he said. Another special collection being released Monday is the ‘Digital Multimedia Kit’ about Gandhi which will be available for people to buy. “The kit in a pen drive contains six components: basic books (20 by Gandhi and 10 on him), a documentary by A.K. Chettiar, 100 specially-curated pictures, Gandhi’s voice, a virtual tour of his ashrams and his favourite bhajans ,” Mr. Annamalai said.
