Our trip to Sevagram was full of adventures...We left for the adventure early morning...the first hitch that came up was a tire puncture...bless the person who has discovered tubeless tires,the ordeal was short. I totally depend on my best road trip buddy google for direction! This time ,for the first time I was betrayed by google ! This is the path I followed ! I reached Sevagram village , GPS showed Sevgram Ashram was another 15kms from the village ! we blindly followed and landed up in a muddy,rocky road,with thorny bushes on both sides...Thanks to my dad's driving skills..we could come out of that trap !
GPS Please type Mahatma Gandhi ashram ! Please note, Bapu kuti is just one kilometers from the main city.
Do not follow this map !
Disappointed by google ,we came back and finally saw this board .
Its has developed into a clean, peaceful picnic spot. As it was a holiday,The Ashram was bubbling with visitors.....
BAPU KUTI - Mahatma gandhi lived here from the year 1936-1946.
Inside Bapu kuti....
Ba Kuti - Kasturba lived here.
Adi Nivas,
A little history before I share more pictures...It was the year 1934, Gandhiji wast had just finished touring all of India and had decided to make central India his permanent residence. He came to Wardha , at the invitation of
his follower and industrialist, Jamnalal BajaJand stayed in
one of the rooms at Jamnalal's bungalow (Bajajwadi) at Wardha .In April 1936, Gandhiji
established his residence in a village called Segaon at the outskirts of Wardha, which he renamed as Sevagram, which
means 'village of service'. Gandhiji was 67 years old when hecame to Sevagram.
Many decisions on important national matters and movements were taken at
Sevagram.
Though he did not have
any intentions of keeping anybody with him except his wife Kasturba, pressure of work necessitated more colleagues with him till Sevagram
Ashram became a full-fledged institution. There were no facilities at Sevagram,
not even a post or telegraph office. The letters used to be brought from
Wardha. There was another village in this region named Shegaon, made famous by
the residence of Saint Gajanan Maharaj. So, Gandhiji's letters used to get misdirected!
Coming back to the ashram...
We saw a full fledged Khadi unit at the Ashram. The unit is managed and operated by female force af the ashram.
Ambar Charkha
A lady working on cotton spinning machine @ Sevagram Khadi unit.
A lady making Khadi cloth @ Sevagram Ashram.
There is a photo museum just opposite Gandhijis ashram. Must visit,if you are @ sevagram. Shudh Marathi thali is available at the museum...We had a lovely lunch..sitting on the floor in padma asan...Indian style lunch....
To sum up...If you are a history enthusiast...A trip to this place to understand Gandhian Ideas and life is mandatory !
