The beautiful Gandhi Memorial completed in 1956, is situated as a memorial to the Father of the Nation. This striking memorial has been built on the spot where the urn containing Mahatma's ashes was kept for public viewing before immersion. Mahatma Gandhi visited Kanyakumari twice in 1925 and 1937.

In 1948 his ashes were immersed in the sea waters in Kanyakumari. In commemoration of this event a beautiful monument has been constructed here. It resembles an Orissan temple and was designed so that on  Gandhiji's birthday (2nd October), the suns rays fall on the place where his ashes were kept. Its central shape is 79 feet high representing the age of the Mahatma Gandhi. The memorial was transferred to the administrative control of the Public (Information and Public Relations) Department from Public Works Department of Government of Tamil Nadu in the year 1978.