It was almost dark by the time we reached Alfred High School in the heart of Rajkot city. It was winter and the season meant the days were shorter. These sites include Kirti Mandir in Porbandar which was the Mahatma’s birthplace, Sabarmati and Kochrab Ashrams of Ahmedabad, Kaba Gandhi No Delo, the place where Gandhi’s family lived in Rajkot and Alfred School where he studied in Rajkot. These places are now listed as Gandhi Heritage Sites, though these places are spread across India and the world, many of the sites pertaining to Mahatma Gandhi’s early life are in Gujarat. They are today silent witnesses to some of the crucial moments in the history of India. The state of Gujarat is full of places where Mahatma Gandhi spent his life. It was Mahatma Gandhi who had bestowed the title, ‘Rashtriya Shayar’ or ‘National poet’ on Zaverchand Meghani and we were now headed to a place that was once the school where a young boy known as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi studied. The song was based on the famous poem by the same name by well-known poet Zaverchand Meghani. It was a coincidence and perfectly befitting the occasion. The strains of a Gujarati song, “ Raj mane lagyo kasumbi no rang” wafted from the sound system in the bus. The sun was going down in an orange glow as our bus drove into the city of Rajkot.
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