Where is sevagram in india

This was a time when she learnt and imbibed the lessons of austerity and abstinence from Gandhi's teachings. After completing MD in medicine she returned to Sevagram in She zealously participated in the Quit India Movement, which was sweeping the country at that time. In the same year, she was arrested with other prominent Gandhians and sent to prison in Aga Khan Palace, Pune.

In , she started a small dispensary in the premises of the ashram at Sevagram. Her next step was going to be a leap for the village. The small clinic formed outside the ashram, in a guesthouse donated by G. D Birla, was to become a seed of a hospital in Sevagram. And duly in , Kasturba Hospital was born.

With its 15 beds it began its service as maternity and children hospital. The hospital continued to grow under the care of the ashram from to On September 11, an independent registered society to manage the hospital was formed. This was Kasturba Health Society. Photo Gallery View All. Bapu Kuti. By Air Nagpur airport is the nearest airport. By Train Sevagram is nearest railway station from tourist place and distance from station is 3 km.

By Road 5 Km from Wardha bus stand. Buses and autos are available. Start your trip with Adi Niwas, which was the first hut built in the ashram. Gandhiji spent his initial days at Sevagram here and its northern verandah served as his dining space. Morning and evening prayers of different religions are held till date.

The Bapu Kuti is the room where Gandhi lived. It still houses his sleeping cot along with other belongings of daily use. Then, there's Gandhiji's Secretariat from where Gandhi stayed in touch with the entire world. A telephone, a cage and a pair of wooden scissors have been put on display. The next stop should be Bapu's kitchen that houses a flour grinding machine, which was used by Gandhiji himself. Baghel talks with a confidence of a professional story teller and goes on to say that Gandhi is known to have then said that the villagers could chose a way of life they wanted but he would not change his beliefs.

Baghel, who originally belongs to Wardha, but has lived in Sevagram after her marriage, rues however that while visitors do come by, particularly for the ashram, the place is more of a pit stop.

For the rest, it is just another tourist spot which is kind of sad because for people like us, Gandhi is a way of life," she adds. The ashram is being run by the Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan trust and it focuses on sustainable living and employs the locals on its agricultural land, cow shelter, khadi outlet among others.

We want to involve more locals but political affiliation and caste discrimination still continues to be big hurdle," said T R N Prabhu, president of the Pratishtan. The locals also feel the ashram has not done enough to engage with them and remains as an island of its own.

The village has an acute drainage and pollution problem which leads to diseases. If Gandhi was alive, he would have paid attention to us," said Rajiv Shambharkhar, 52, a professional qawwali singer whose home is at the end of the main road of the village.

One of the lasting legacies of Gandhi in Sevagram is Nai Talim, an alternative form of education which at its heart promotes learning outside the classroom.

Though it has a curriculum like any other school, it is the vocational training, as well as community learning, that sets the school apart. The Marathi-medium school is affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board and has students currently enrolled. It is a Monday morning at the school, bustling with activity. At the entrance of the one of the classrooms hangs a blackboard with a timetable assigning responsibilities to students for the coming week. They range from cooking, cleaning and gardening duties.

Additionally, students also learn skills such as stitching, embroidery, bicycle repair, music, and dance.