The Rajiv Gandhi memorial is the creation of architect K.T. Ravindran. It is an outstanding architectural feat. Nothing like it exists in India. It combines beauty with powerful symbolism and artistic imagination. The seven columns represent seven ideals and are erected in an elliptical circle. The seven ideals are Nyaya, Vigyan, Tyaga, Shanti, Samriddhi, Dharma and Satya. The columns stand sentinel over the Place of Martyrdom
