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1. Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Gandhi Smriti at 5, Tees January Marg, New Delhi is a national memorial, which treasures many memories of the last 144 days of his life. The exhibition on the Mahatma, the room he lived in and the prayer ground attract a large number of visitors every day. Situated close to the Gandhi Samadhi at Rajghat, on a 36-acre land, Gandhi Darshan offers a comprehensive exhibition on Gandhi spread out in four pavilions, films Auditorium, conference facilities for major national and international camps, children’s corner and a library. For more information contact: Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, Rajghat, New Delhi-110002,India Tel No. : Office- 91-11- 23736267, Fax : 23011480 Website: www.gandhismriti.org E-mail Address: mkgandhi@del2.vsnl.net.in |
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2. National Gandhi Museum The Museum is located very close to the memorial where Gandhi was cremated and housed galleries, displays, Gandhi literature Centre, Special Exhibition, Library, Photo Section, Audio Visual Section and more. For more information contact: National Gandhi Museum, Rajghat, New Delhi, Pin-110002 Website: www.gandhimuseum.org E-mail Address: gandhimk@nda.vsnl.net.in |
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3. G. R. Institute of Nonviolence Paranthal (PO), Pathanamthitta (District) Kerala, Pin-698518, India E-mail Address: abhilashr@nestec.net |
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4. Centre for Gandhian Studies A place to study about Gandhi's philosophy and nonviolence.
University of Kerala,
Thiruvanthapuram - 695034,
Kerala, India. E- mail Address: cgsku@rediffmail.com |
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5. Sampurn Kranti Vidyalaya
Post: Vedchhi, District: Surat,
Gujarat,
Pin-394641,
India |
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6. Dept. of Gandhian Studies
Punjab University, Chandigarh -160014, India |
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7. Department of Gandhian Thought & Peace Science
Gandhigram Rural Institute,
Gandhigram,Tamil Nadu, Pin- 624302, India. |
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8. Department of Gandhian Studies Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar, Pin - 812007, India |
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9. Gandhi Adhyan Peeth
M-6 Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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10. Gandhigram Rural University
Gandhigram- 424302, Tamil Nadu, India |
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11. Mahatma Gandhi Centre 479, Kamarajar Road, Varadarajapuram, Coimbatore, Pin - 641015, Tamil Nadu, India |
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12. Dept. of Gandhian Studies
Madurai Kamaraj University,
2, Vallabhai Road, Madurai-600002, Tamil Nadu, India |
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13. The Valliammal Institute Gandhi Museum, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Pin - 625020, India |
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14. Banwasi Seva Ashram
The Ashram,
situated in Uttar Pradesh is an outstanding example of a Gandhian voluntary
organization, which has realised Gandhi's vision of a self-sufficient village. The work done by the Banwasi
Seva Ashram in Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh, India shows that antodaya i.e
attention to the poorest of the poor is the pathway to sarvodaya (Welfare of
all). The Gram Swaraj movement promoted by Gandhiji and by Vinoba Bhave provided
the framework for the programmes of the Ashram. The Banwasi Seva Ashram is an outstanding example of a Gandhian voluntary organization (NGO). There are some 700 such social action groups throughout the length and breadth of India. Their aim is to establish a social order based on harmony, non-exploitation and decentralization and to put into practice Gandhi's conviction that village self-sufficiency is vital for the country's development. The Ashram was set up in 1954 in one of the most impoverished and least developed regions of India: the remote district of Sonbhadra in the North Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. The objective was to focus on the predominantly tribal population of this densely populated state of around 140 million people (1991 census). The Ashram's initial activities focussed on providing relief to the victims of the drought which had hit Sonbhadra in 1952. Afterwards the Ashram began organizing development programmes to help resettle the drought victims, such as the sinking of wells, village sanitation, the establishment of a few schools and various cottage industries. The Ashram has been more successful than most in realizing Mahatma Gandhi's dream of empowering India's rural poor. With a full time staff of 247, the ashram's complex itself has become a small self-sufficient village with shops, schools, hostels, a clinic, post office, bank, demonstration farm, library, workshops and vocational training centre. More than half the staff are local people, some of whom are working in the field at fifteen sub-centres which are responsible for a cluster of 20 to 30 villages. The villagers cooperate and share life with each other, convinced that the welfare of every individual is the concern of all. They have developed self-confidence, courage, an awareness of their rights, a thirst for knowledge and an indomitable spirit. But it has been a uphill struggle for all concerned - a struggle that continues to this day. Dr. Ragini Prem, who favours a group leadership, heads the Ashram now. Address: Govindpur (via Turra), Sonbhadra - 231 221, U.P, India Tel. No.: 05447-85224 Source: The Banwasi Seva Ashram by Elizabeth Hoddy |
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15. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi - 221 002 Tel: 0542-2225472 / 0542-2226194 |
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16. Institute of Gandhian Studies Bajaj
Dham, Gopurti - 442 114 Wardha, Maharashtra, India For
more information
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17. Kasturba Gandhi Rashtriya Smarak, Kasturba Gram, Khandava Road, Indore - 452 020, M. P., India |
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18. Visarjan Ashram, Navlakha Chauraha, A. B. Road, Indore - 452 001, M. P. India Tel: 0731-2402 309 |
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19. Gandhi Bhavan, Shyamala Hills, Near Polytechnic, Bhopal - 462 002, M. P., India Tel: 0755-2661 453 |
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Mahatma
Gandhi's vision of an ideal village was: " A complete republic independent of
its neighbours for its vital wants and yet interdependent for any wants in which
dependence is a necessity." Mahatma Gandhi would be proud of the Banwasi Seva
Ashram. His vision of enlightened confident and self-sufficient villagers
running their own lives has become a reality. Wastelands have become fertile
oases; water flows freely in once arid, drought prone wastes.