Location : Ahmedabad,
Gujarat.
Significance: Gandhiji Lived Here From
1917 AD To 1930 AD.
At the northern end of Ashram Road, set
beside sublime gardens, Gandhiji's Sabarmati Ashram displays the
Mahatma's letters and possessions, along with a powerful collection of
photographs of his years of fighting for freedom. It was here that
Gandhi lived in humble apartments from 1917 until 1930 and held meetings
with weavers and Harijans as he helped them find security and
re-establish the manual textile industry in Ahmedabad .
ASHRAM'S OBJECTIVES
The Ashram was a human laboratory where
Gandhi could test his moral and spiritual hypotheses. It was a family
not linked by blood or property, but by an allegiance to common ideals.
These main objectives of Sabarmati were as follows:
education, truth (non-violence and love),
celibacy, control of the palate (no liquor or meat), no stealing,
non-possession (simple, living high thinking), use of home-made
articles, conquer of fear, and the eradication of untouchability.
In keeping with the man's uncluttered
lifestyle, the collection of his personal property is modest but
poignant - wooden shoes, white seamless clothes and a pair of round
spectacles.
KNOW ABOUT MAHATMA'S LIFE
A sound and light show telling his life
in English language runs three days a week, with each show lasting 65
minutes. Tickets are sold at the door. Many people come here simply to
sit and meditate.
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