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    KHADI – A FABRIC OF INDIA’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT

    “If we have the ‘khadi spirit’ in us, we would surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life”. – Mahatma Gandhi. I discovered this simplicity when I visited Magan Sangrahalaya, Maganwadi in Wardha. Gandhiji lived in Maganwadi, Wardha for two years, after his departure from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat. Magan Sangrahalaya is the only museum started by Gandhiji. Today the museum houses several interesting sections including an exhibition on the rare belongings of Mahatma Gandhi. The museum also hosts a gallery on various types of Charkhas (spinning wheels) for making yarn out of cotton and verities of hand spun…