Gandhi8217;s ashes, meant for museum, to rest at sea

One of those urns was handed over in 2007 to a museum dedicated to Gandhi by an Indian business family that had preserved it for almost 60 years.

The Mani Bhawan Gandhi Sangralaya had plans to display the urn along with Gandhi8217;s personal belongings, but his descendants intervened, asking the museum to consider scattering the ashes at sea.

8220;In deference to the wishes of the family the ashes will be scattered over the Arabian Sea on Jan. 30, which is his 60th death anniversary,8221; museum official Dhirubhai Mehta said.

Hindus normally cremate their dead and scatter the ashes over rivers or seas on the 13th day after death.

Harilal, who once even converted to Islam to spite his father, was not present at Gandhi8217;s funeral.