Wesmile Magazine July 2018
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TRAVEL<br />
Gandhi’s Museum<br />
Mumbai or former Bombay is an old<br />
historic city of India. Now a touristic<br />
destination with famous places like<br />
Mani Bhavan home where Mahatma<br />
Gandhi stayed from 1917-1934<br />
and initiated the non-cooperation<br />
movement leading towards India’s<br />
independence from Britain. The<br />
owner, Shri Revashankar Jagjeevan<br />
Jhaveri dedicated his house as a<br />
memorial to Gandhi.<br />
Mahatma Gandhi once lived<br />
in this simple, two-story building,<br />
which is now a museum, library and<br />
research center depicting Gandhi’s<br />
life and struggles for Indian freedom<br />
through peaceful means (Ahimsa).<br />
He held meetings here with the<br />
communities to campaign for “Civil<br />
Disobedience” in order to gain<br />
independence through non-violent<br />
resistance “Satyagraha” .He issued a<br />
weekly announcement “Satyagrahi”<br />
to denounce laws that limited the<br />
freedom of the media.<br />
Inside the house is a statue<br />
of Gandhi, a symbol of Ahimsa,<br />
where people pay tributes, his<br />
spinning wheels to weave cotton<br />
(Khadi), as part of refusing to buy<br />
British goods and adopt the use<br />
of local handicrafts, and library<br />
with over 50,000 books. There is<br />
also a hall with photographs and<br />
paintings of his lifetime on display.<br />
On the second floor one can see his<br />
modest bedroom.<br />
A must-see place when in<br />
Mumbai!<br />
The house is open every day<br />
from 9.30am-6pm.Entrance fee<br />
is 10 Rupee. One can support<br />
this museum by buying books<br />
or souvenirs.<br />
www.gandhi.manibhavan.org<br />
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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2018</strong>
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