<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The three wise monkeys, and the associated proverb, are known throughout Asia and in the Western world . They have been a motif in pictures, such as the ukiyo - e (Japanese woodblock printings) by Keisai Eisen, and are frequently represented in modern culture . </P> <P> Mahatma Gandhi's one notable exception to his lifestyle of non-possession was a small statue of the three monkeys - Bapu, Ketan and Bandar . Today, a larger representation of the three monkeys is prominently displayed at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where Gandhi lived from 1915 to 1930 and from where he departed on his famous salt march . Gandhi's statue also inspired a 2008 artwork by Subodh Gupta, Gandhi's Three Monkeys . </P>

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