Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1915 as a base for his non-violent independence movement. Gandhi lived and worked at the ashram from 1915 to 1930, hosting important meetings and training volunteers. The ashram grounds included Gandhi's small living quarters known as Hridaya Kunj, guest houses, prayer areas, and the manager's hut. It now houses a museum with artifacts from Gandhi's life, archives of his writings, and exhibitions about his philosophy of non-violence. The Gandhi Sangrahalaya museum remains open daily as an educational site about Gandhi's leadership of the Indian independence movement.

1. GREEN WOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL
(ADITYAPURAM)

2. PRESENTATION NAME
SABARMATI ASHRAM

3. MahatmaGandhi

4. Introduction :
Sabarmati Ashram, formerly known as 'Satyagraha
Ashram", situated in Ahmedabad at the Kocharab
Bungalow of Jivanlal Desai, a barrister. Later on it
was shifted to the banks of Sabarmati river and then
it came to be known as 'Sabarmati Ashram'. Gandhi
stayed at the Ashram from 1915 to 1933 later on the
Ashram was disbanded. The Ashram is a witness to
many important historical events.

5. History
"This is the right place for our activities to carry on the search
for Truth and develop Fearlessness- for on one side, are the iron
bolts of the foreigners, and on the other, thunderbolts of
Mother Nature".- This is how Gandhiji described the site of
Sabarmati Ashram when he first visited the place for assessing if
it was suitable for carrying out his work.

6. The site of 36 acres was a waste land full of snakes, but the
order was not to kill them.
The Satyagraha Ashram, later renamed as Harijan Ashram,
was started in all earnest with a two-fold purpose- one was to
carry on the search for Truth, and the other was to create a
non-violent group of workers, who would create a non-violent
group of workers, who would organize and help to secure
freedom for the country.

7. Sabarmati Ashram

8. The Satyagraha Ashram was founded on May 25, 1915
in Ahmedabad at Kochrab, when Gandhi returned
from South Africa, with 25 inmates. The Ashram was
shifted on the bank of river Sabarmati in July 1917.
Devoted ashramites led a community life in search of
Truth and Non-violence under his guidance.

9. ASHRAM DARSHAN (A view of the ashram)
While at Sabarmati, Gandhiji lived in a small cottage
which is now known as 'Hridaya (Heart) Kunj'. It is a
place of great historic value, where even today visitors
find some of the things which Gandhiji used- a writing
desk, a khadi kurta, a yarn spun by him and some of
his letters.

11. Nandini
It is on the right hand side of 'Hridaya
Kunj'. It is an old Ashram guest house,
where guests from India and abroad are
put up.

12. Vinoba Kutir
Named after Acharya Vinoba Bhave who
stayed here, and also known as Mira Kutir
after Mirabahen, Gandhiji's disciple,
daughter of a British Admiral.

14. Upasana Mandir
It is an open-air prayer ground, situated between
'Hridaya Kunj' and 'Magan Kutir' (the hut where
Maganlal Gandhi, the ashram manager, used to stay).
Here, Gandhiji used to refer to individual questions
after prayers and as the head of the family analysed
and gave his solutions.

15. Gandhi Sangrahalaya
An important feature of the Ashram is
Gandhi Sangrahalaya, a museum
inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru on
May10,1963.

17. It has five units and a library, two photo-galleries and an auditorium.
The museum houses eight life-sized colour oil- paintings and an
exhibition on Gandhiji's life 'My life is My Message' and 'Gandhiji in
Ahmedabad'. An archive has also been set up. It stores 34,066 letters
by Gandhiji, manuscripts of his 8,633 articles, negatives of 6,367
photographs, 134 reels of microfilm of his writings, 210 films on
Gandhiji and the freedom struggle. The library has over 30,000
books, 155 letters of felicitation received by Gandhiji, besides a
miscellaneous memorabilia comprising of coins, postal stamps and
the like. The museum measuring 24,000 sq. feet in area has besides
54 blocks of 20' x 20' each, a conference hall and an auditorium for
watching films and video.

18. The Sangrahalaya also arranges for publication
and sale of Gandhian literature.
The Sangrahalaya remains open for visitors from
8.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. on all days including
Sundays and Holidays.

20. Thankyou
Name = Pawan Rai
Class = 10th sec = ‘A’
Subject = History