- Satyagraha
- Sarvodaya
- Swaraj
Dandi Kutir is India’s Largest & Only Museum built on the life and teachings of One Man,
Mahatma Gandhi. It represents Gandhi’s powerful idea of people across lines of class, gender, age and community asserting their common right to salt itself: a symbol to inspire a pluralistic society to march towards independence, Purna Swaraj.
We intend to provide a forward-looking space to contemplate Gandhian principles & create a rich, multi-layered experience for visitors, using innovative exhibits including immersive multimedia.
Dandi Kutir
The experiential museum of Mahatma Gandhi at the capital city of Gujarat – Gandhinagar. Dandi Kutir is a 41 meter high conical dome symbolizes a salt heap. This salt mound is a representations of Gandhiji’s famous Dandi March of 1930 against the salt tax imposed by the British regime.
Looking like a big mound of salt from the exterior, visitors can step in to find an even more dramatic biographical narrative on the life of Gandhi showcased through technologies such as 3D mapping, holography, 360 degree projections and transparent led screen.
In the magical use of technology in four sprawling stories of the museum you can experience a never before proximity to the life and times of Gandhiji. It is the nearest thing to living with the Mahatma.
The high technology approach places every visitor to the museum in the shoes of the mahatma to learn and experience the dilemmas, struggles and sacrifices he faced in pursing his pioneering ideas.
THE WAVE OF FREEDOM
Gandhiji’s Salt Satyagraha movement enveloped the country in a wave of freedom.
Mahatma Mandir is a tribute to this wave of freedom… literally and spatially. The form of the convention center and the exhibition halls literally symbolizes the seamless structure of the sea waves while the form of Dandi Kutir is inspired by mounds of salt.
Interiors
The hollow cone houses three levels of galleries showcasing life of
Mahatma Gandhi from birth to the freedom struggle.
Glass and steel ramps and staircases lead to various levels besides elevators.
The interior of cone is deliberately kept bear with rough concrete finish.
The galleries at different levels use techniques like
3D Mapping Technology, 360 degree projections, 3D Holograph Technology,
LED screens, Interactive audio, Photographs etc.
The Charkha RedEfined
39 kW
Solar Power
14 m
Windmill Radius
2 kW + 2 kW
Power Generation
80 m
Bridge Height
240 m
Bridge Length
39 kW
Solar Power
14 m
Windmill Radius
2 kW + 2 kW
Power Generation
80 m
Bridge Height
240 m
Bridge Length
Cable Stayed Bridge: The Charkha – redefined
It symbolizes the Dandi March and the resultant Wave of Freedom.
Turbine together with blades of
windmill symbolizing Charkha.
Cable symbolizing threads
spun by Charkha.
Power generation through windmill
symbolizing sustainability.
Bridge span length
symbolized woven cloth.
Flow of Visitor Experience
It showcases the childhood memories of Gandhi & exhibits important life experiences of Mohandas through amazing settings. It also portrays the social set-up of the time, done wonderfully in 3D mapping projection. A very fascinating sight for everyone’s eyes.
Seeding transformation can be witnessed here as 360° theater to interactive media. This exhibit depicts Gandhi’s inspiring leadership in the famous agitation in South Africa when he led ‘the Great March’ of Indian residents from Natal to Transvaal.
This is about Mahatma Gandhi’s travels across the country & Indian Independence
Movement. The holographic impression of Sabarmati Ashram spreading the message of Swadeshi (self-reliance) aimed at a new economic and social order based on self-sufficient, non-exploitative village communities of the past.
Ground floor covers the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha spread around the world.