Our Travel Plan

"In search for Gandhi / What made Gandhi - Gandhi?" Would love to connect with bloggers and twitters from these cities, of which we know some already. Mumbai to Dandi, Navsari, Gujarat. 123kms The Salt Satyagraha was a campaign of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India which began with the Salt March to Dandi on March 12, 1930. Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat to produce salt without paying the tax, with growing numbers of Indians joining him along the way. Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad 485kms Sabarmati Ashram is located in the Ahmedabad suburb of Sabarmati adjoining to famous Ashram Road, at the bank of River Sabarmati,4 miles away from the city Town Hall.This was one of the residences of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.This ashram is now converted in to the national monument by the Government of India due to its significance in Indian independence movement in the form of Dandi March in 1930. Bhavnagar 171kms Bhavnagar's Shamaldas Arts College is the oldest institution of higher education in the region. Mahatma Gandhi studied here in 1884 AD. Bhavnagar University is well known in the region having nearly 23,000 students, number of graduate colleges, 17 post graduate departments including MBA, MCA, MSc, engineering, and medical college. Porbandar, Gujarat 402kms (via Gir) Located in the extreme west of India, Porbandar is an important all-weather port on the Arabian sea. It supports a population (c. 2001 CE) of over 150,000. Because it's the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi Rajkot, Gujarat 182kms Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a.k.a. Mahatma Gandhi, spent the early years of his life in Rajkot when his father was a Diwan to the king of Rajkot. Gandhi fasted to ask to form a people's council and liberation of people of Rajkot at Rashtriya Shala in March 1939. Gandhinagar, Gujarat 248kms The new city was constructed as per their plan and was named Gandhinagar after Mahatma Gandhi, a Gujarati himself. First stone of foundation was laid in 1965. The capital was shifted from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar in 1971. Udiapur, Rajasthan 229kms Hollywood movies filmed in Udaipur: Gandhi Pune, Maharastra 1028kms (via Indore, Dhule) Gandhi was held for two years in the Aga Khan Palace in Pune. It was here that Gandhi suffered two terrible blows in his personal life. His 50-year old secretary Mahadev Desai died of a heart attack 6 days later and his wife Kasturba died after 18 months imprisonment in 22 February 1944; six weeks later Gandhi suffered a severe malaria attack. Mumbai, 152kms Total 3022kms!!