Photo Exhibition on Sevagram Ashram

Photo Exhibition of Sevagram Ashram attracting the visitors

 A group of theologians from Congregation of St. John The Baptist and nuns of St. John The Baptist and Mary Queen visited the Sevagram Ashram on May 5, 2025. During the visit they visited the Library and Research Centre of Sevagram Ashram.  Dr. Siby K. Joseph, Director of the Centre, explained to them the historical significance of Sevagram ashram and activities of the library. The group was excited to see the photo exhibition of the Ashram arranged in the library.  They highly appreciated the exhibition which could give a fairly good idea of the ashram through photos and brief descriptions.

This exhibition was prepared on the occasion of 90^th Foundation of the Ashram.  It was initially presented in a public programme on April 30 2025 It was   based on photographs of Sevagram Ashram, taken in the 1950s, a few years after Bapu's assassination in 1948. This presentation was based on the available archival material and documents of those days preserved in the library and research centre for studies.  

The library, research centre has been engaged in collecting various collections of archival data from its inception. It was through the support of National Gandhi Museum, regional Gandhi museums, government archives and private collectors that the research centre of the Ashram  could enrich its collection. 

The exibition  includes 60 slides with descriptions of the main buildings and premises  of the ashram. Through the presentation the viewers could glimpse the vibrant life of the ashram during that era. Along with the exhibition, rare   videos of Sevagram are also made available for the benefit of those interested in knowing about Mahatma Gandhi and Sevagram Ashram. The photo exhibition is attracting the attention of people who are visiting the library including students from the very day it was opened to the public.