Sabarmati Ashram

Nestled in peaceful, shady grounds on the western bank of the Sabarmati River, this tranquil Ashram was Gandhi’s headquarters from 1917 to 1930 during the long struggle for Indian independence. As you walk around this quiet ashram, you find yourself standing opposite the ‘Hriday Kun’, the humble cottage from where Gandhi directed the course of the independence movement for 12 years. It was from here that the famous Dandi March took off and it was here that he shared his meals with Acharya Vinobha Bhave. It’s said that Gandhi chose this site for the ashram because it lay between a jail and a cemetery, and any satyagrahi was bound to end up in one or other. The ashram also houses a beautifully curated museum and library, that will help you fully understand the man who’s famously known as the father of the nation.