27th Jan 2012

Day of bus journey to Bardoli to arrange bank accounts for Savi's brothers and then we visited the museum and ashram devoted to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who was an instrumental player in the fight for Indian independence, and a close confidant to Ghandi. In going around the new dedicated museum it became very clear that Sardar was very influential at that time, and the people of the Gujurat hold him up as one of the founding fathers of the new India.


We took loads of photos within the museum and then went into the adjacent house and gardens that used to be used by Sardar as a retreat where he could rest and relax in his home environment. It was lovely and peaceful, and as I sat on the "itchko" (a simple outside swinging seat) I found myself thinking that quite possibly this is the very seat that perhaps both Sardar and Ghandi may well have sat back in the late 40's at the time of transition from British rule to Indian independence.








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