Picto Diary - 12 April 2024 - Ahmedabad Part 2 - Gandhi Ashram
Above: Mahatma Gandhi Ashram. Sabarmati suburb, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 12 April 2024.
Gandhi lived here for twelve years with wife Kasturba. It was from here that Gandhi led the Dandi March, better known as the salt march, on 12 March 1930.
Note: TIMDT and Mwah (sic) have also visited Raj Ghat (Gandhi's tomb) in Delhi, Mani Bhavan (Gandhi movement headquarters) in Mumbai, and The Phoenix Settlement, near Durban, South Africa.
Above: Mahatma Gandhi Ashram. Sabarmati suburb, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 12 April 2024.
Gandhi's spinning wheel. We had to be escorted into a locked room to see this exhibit. Gandhi used this spinning wheel to spin cotton for his clothes while he was a political prisoner. The spinning wheel was used symbolically by Gandhi to represent his idea of non-violent resistance against British textiles while advocating for homemade textiles. Gandhi saw spinning as an economic and political activity that could bring together the diverse population of South Asia and allow the formerly elite nationalist movement to connect to the broader Indian population. Gandhi's imprisonment was from 1932 to 1933. He continued to practice spinning even after being set free.
Above: Mahatma Gandhi Ashram. Sabarmati suburb, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 12 April 2024.
Satyagraha diagram. Satyagraha literal meaning in Sanskrit is "truth." As used by Gandhi, satyagraha was the catch phrase for the nonviolent resistance used by Gandhi in the Indian independence movement. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela modeled their resistance in the American Civil Rights movement and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, respectively, after Gandhi and his Satyagraha movement. The wheel of life in the image summarizes Gandhi's unifying principles for all Indians to embrace as the independence/Satyagraha movement moved forward.
Above: Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 12 April 2024. (file image)
The Calico Museum of Textiles was founded in 1949 by two brothers, Gautam and Gira Sarabhai, wealthy calico merchants. Ahmedabad had been a major trading center of the textile industry since the fifteenth century. The museum houses a historic collection of Indian fabrics. It is also the center for design knowledge, resources, research and publication regarding Indian handicraft and industrial textiles. The museum houses a historic collection of Indian fabrics. The museum was inaugurated in 1949 by Jawaharlal Nehru.
Way 'ta go Caleb! (Grrr)
Addendum:
Great shots thanks.
Brand Man,
Ventura, CA