Smritivan Earthquake Memorial and Museum is a memorial park dedicated to the victims of

2001 Gujarat earthquake The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also known as the Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 January, India's 52nd Republic Day, at . The epicentre was about 9 km south-southwest of the village of Chobari in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District of Gujarat ...

and museum on Bhujiyo Hill in

Bhuj Bhuj () is a Municipality and District Headquarters of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India. Etymology According to legend, Kutch was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, who was married to Kin ...

, Kutch district (Kachchh),

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, India. It has seven blocks with displays on seven different themes.

History

The memorial park dedicated to the victims of

and celebrating resilience of people of Kutch along with a museum was proposed in 2004 by Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority. The architect for the memorial and museum was Vastu-Shilpa Consultants while museum exhibition design and curation were done by Design Factory India. It was inaugurated on 28 August 2022 by Prime Minister

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...

Features

The memorial park is spread over an area of . There are more than 13000 trees, each dedicated to a victim, planted in the park. There are 50 check dams, a sunset point, 8 km-long pathways, 1.2 km-long internal roads, 1 MW solar power plant and parking space for 3,000 people. The museum has seven blocks spread over an area of . These blocks features seven themes: Rebirth, Rediscover, Restore, Rebuild, Rethink, Relive and Renew.

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