Sabarmati Ashram, Historical museum on the Sabarmati riverbank in Ahmedabad, India
Sabarmati Ashram is a museum and former residential complex on the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad that houses personal belongings, photographs, and manuscripts of Mahatma Gandhi. The grounds include several buildings with exhibition halls, a library, and the preserved residence Hridaya Kunj with its original rooms.
Gandhi founded this community in 1915 after returning from South Africa and lived there until 1930, when he began the Salt March from here. The site was converted into a museum after his departure to preserve his legacy.
The name Sabarmati comes from the river along whose banks the entire site sits and from which Gandhi spread his teachings. Visitors today see the simple living quarters and workspaces that shaped the daily life of nonviolent resistance and were inhabited by volunteers from across India.
The site opens daily in the morning and closes in the evening, with free entry allowing visitors to walk through the living quarters and exhibitions. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes as the grounds are spread out and include several separate buildings.
A small spinning house on the grounds recalls Gandhi's promotion of hand-woven cloth as a sign of economic independence from British textiles. Visitors can see the old looms on which Gandhi himself worked to live his philosophy of self-sufficiency.
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