Stretching along the Ring Road, very close to the rear of the Red Fort is a host of memorials built as a tribute to various prime ministers of the country, though the most popular is Raj Ghat built in honour of Mahatma Gandhi. The Mahatma, after his assassination on January 30, 1948, just as he was coming out of his daily prayers, was cremated on the banks of the Yamuna a day after he was killed. Raj Ghat was converted into a national memorial, the design for which was given by Vanu Bhuta. A footpath made of stone flanked by well-maintained lawns, leads to a walled enclosure, open to the sky, with a simple stone platform in black marble which indicates the site where he was cremated.Every Friday at 5 p.m., prayers are held. Just across the road is Gandhi Darshan, a small museum in which are depicted various aspects of Gandhi's life.Over the years many more memorials were built with Shanti Vana being the memorial of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (India's first Prime Minister) who died in 1964, Shakti Sthala for Indira Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri-Vijay Ghat , Kisan Ghat for Chaudhary Charan Singh and Rajiv Gandhi(Vir Bhumi).