Showing posts with label Sabarmati Ashram. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sabarmati Ashram. Show all posts

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Sabarmati Ashram: At home with the Mahatma

Sabarmati Ashram: At home with the Mahatma

More than being a memorial to the Father of the Nation, it is a place where the dreams of Gandhi still breathe


Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad

Serenity pervades the places associated with Mahatma Gandhi whether they be at Phoenix (Settlement) Ashram at Durban, South Africa, the Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, or the Rajghat Memorial, Delhi. Despite the hordes, the Mahatma seems to compel so much respect that even noisy tourists tend to unconsciously maintain a semblance of discipline.

Our guide at Sabarmati Ashram led us to the Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalay housed in the iconic building designed by Charles Correa. The museum inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru, has three spacious galleries - Gandhi in Ahmedabad, My Life Is My Message, and Painting Gallery. There is a library and archives here too. The museum houses thousands of items - rare personal effects, original letters and photocopies of his other letters, photos of Gandhi alone and with world leaders, and paintings of luminaries. Natural light and a cool breeze flow with ease through the corridors and rooms built to be as seamless as possible.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Sabarmati Ashram Trust to Publish 8,500 Letters Received by Mahatma Gandhi

Sabarmati Ashram Trust to Publish 8,500 Letters Received by Mahatma Gandhi

 
Mahatma Gandhi letters

In an effort to provide greater insight into Mahatma Gandhi's exchange of views with the greats of his time, Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Ashram has taken up a mammoth task to transcribe and publish over 8,500 letters received by him.

Though the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG) has in detail documented more than 31,000 available letters written by Mahatma Gandhi during his life time, but the letters received by him which solicited his response have not been documented so far.
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Monday, March 16, 2015

Narayan Desai, noted Gandhian and Bapu's kathakar, dies at 90

Narayan Desai, noted Gandhian and Bapu's kathakar, dies at 90 


Narayan Desai, 90, one of the tallest Gandhians in the country and son of Mahadev Desai, Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died at his house in Vedchi village in Tapi district on Sunday, March 15, 2015 after a brief illness.

Born on December 24, 1924, in Valsad, Narayanbhai was brought up in Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Ashram and Sevagram near Wardha. Gandhiji fondly called him 'Bablo' and he was the last of many Gandhians alive who had lived with Bapu and had experienced his personal care.

The 'Gandhi kathakar' died of cerebrovascular and respiratory failure between 1.30am and 4.30am. He died at his residence which he called the Sampurna Kranti Vidyalaya.
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