Major Places to Visit in Ahmedabad
If you are braced to taste the mystifying paradox that India can serve up, than a visit to its mega-city, Ahmadabad, comes as a prescription. Nestled in the heart of Gujarat, this zesty city provides one with a generous buffet of stimulation that swears to enliven all the five senses. A day here is like living through an enigmatic and passionate dance between the old and the contemporary, the virtuous and the ruthless, the peaceful and the chaotic, the artistic and the crude, the spiritual and the material.
Sabarmati Ashram:Mahatma Gandhiji had driven all the major activities of independence as well as upliftment of the society from this Ashram which was popularly known as Sabarmati Ashram. He stayed in the ashram for many years before he finally proceeded for a march to Dandi to break the salt law on 12 March 1930. Before starting the march to Dandi, Gandhiji declared that he will not return to the ashram before the independence of the country.The Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya is run by a public trust
established in 1951. he museum's new premises were built in 1963. The museum's main objective is to house the personal memorabilia of Mahatma Gandhi.Consequently the exhibits on view depict the vivid and historic events of Gandhiji's life. There are books, manuscripts and photocopies of his correspondence, photographs of Gandhiji with his wife Kasturba and other ashram associates, life size oil paintings and actual relics like his writing desk and spinning wheel.
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