The Hindu·2 min read·easy
This Gandhi accepts GPay: Meet Marina Beach’s living Mahatma
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Srinivasa Ramanujam
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Nehemia Koche, a 68-year-old street performer, earns a living at Chennai's Marina Beach by dressing up as Mahatma Gandhi. He uses silver body paint and even accepts digital payments via GPay to support his family.
The Marina Beach in Chennai comes alive on weekends. Even as the smells of sundal and bajji waft through the air, eager children pester parents so they can ride a horse, or shoot balloons. Others prefer to silently gaze at the sea or the statues.
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