These achievements only scratch the surface of Gandhi's multifaceted legacy.
Established in Varanasi in 1920
Shree Gandhi Ashram is an autonomous institution and certified by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (Government of India), whose main objective is to provide maximum employment opportunities to the artisans, weavers etc. of backward and rural areas through Khadi and Cottage Industries, and Also which are creative works like education and skillsImplementing schemes for development etc.The objective of Shree Gandhi Ashram is to make the excellent products of Khadi available to the people by working on the principle of no profit no loss. Shree Gandhi Ashram is providing employment to about 40 thousand spinning and weaving artisans, 20 thousand washermen, tailors, dyers and printers in the entire country. Including all the regional units of the organization, there are more than 8 thousand full-time permanent employees, laborers and part-time employees.
The spinning wheel used by Mahatma Gandhi to make Khadi was called Charkha. Gandhiji used to whirl Charkha in his Ashram daily in the morning and evening. He generated Khadi from his charkha of which he made Khadi clothes for himself and people living with him in the ashram.
The cloth prepared by spinning and weaving in Gandhi Ashram was named Khadi, that is, Khadi is the cloth whose thread is spun and woven by hand by the artisans. In this way Gandhiji made Khadi a movement and Charkha a weapon for the freedom struggle. Gandhiji had said, “Khadi is not a cloth but an idea.” The people of the country actively participated in making Khadi through this institution and the country became self-reliant in the production of indigenous clothes.
Making Khadi
The cloth prepared by spinning and weaving in Gandhi Ashram was named Khadi.
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Khadi Fabrics is an eco-friendly textile which keeps the body in a comfortable condition in harmony with nature.
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Shri Gandhi Ashram is a main production center of natural woolen clothes. Apart from this, Kashmir, Himachal and Rajasthan
Gandhi pioneered the use of nonviolent resistance as a powerful tool against oppression. His philosophy of Satyagraha (truth force) emphasized nonviolent protest and civil disobedience as a means to challenge unjust laws and policies.
