Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (San Francisco)

The bronze figure of Mahatma Gandhi stands barefoot on a granite base, clutching a staff in his right hand. Created by the sculptor Zlatko Paunov, the statue arrived in San Francisco in nineteen eighty-eight as a gift from the Indian government to the city. It marks the corner of the Ferry Building plaza where Gandhi once stood during his short visit in nineteen thirty-one. The sculptor cast him in a walking stride, capturing the pace of a man who famously led a nation on foot.