GANDHI ASHRAM IT IS SITUATED ON THE BANK OF THE SABARMATI RIVER. IT WAS FROM HERE, IN 1930, WHEN THE MAHATMA BEGAN HIS FAMOUS DANDI MARCH TO THE SEA TO PROTEST AGAINST THE SALT TAX IMPOSED BY THE BRITISH. HIS ASHRAM WAS FOUNDED IN 1915 AND STILL MAKES HANDICRAFTS, HANDMADE PAPER AND SPINNING WHEELS. THE GANDHI ASHRAM HAS MEMORIAL CENTER LIBRARY AND A SIGHT-AND-SOUND SHOW FOR ALL ITS VISITORS. THE SMALL HOUSE IN THE ASHRAM WHERE MAHATMA GANDHI LIVED HRIDAY KUNJ IS PRESERVED AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT. AKSHARDHAM AKSHARDHAM IS A UNIQUE CULTURAL COMPLEX BUILT IN GANDHINAGAR IN MEMORY OF LORD SWAMINARAYAN. INSPIRED BY H. D. PRAMUKH SWAMI MAHARAJ, AKSHARDHAM IS A MIRACLE WORKED BY THE SERVICE AND DEVOTION OF THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS. IT IS AN INTRICATELY CARVED, MAJESTIC MONUMENT OF 6000 TONS OF PINK SAND STONE AWASH WITH SPIRITUAL STILLNESS. THE ENTIRE MONUMENT WAS BUILT WITHOUT THE USE OF STEEL. BESIDES A 7 FEET GOLD LEAFED IDOL OF LORD SWAMINARAYAN AND HIS HOLY RELICS, THERE ARE THREE EXHIBITIONS ON INDIAN CULTURE WITH LIGHT AND SOUND SHOWS, A MULTIMEDIA SHOW AND AN ANIMATRONIC SHOW. GAMES, RIDES AND FOOD REFRESHMENTS ARE OTHER ATTRACTIONS OF AKSHARDHAM. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT *IIM* AHMEDABAD ONE OF THE FAMOUS MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF THE WORLD WHICH ALSO VERY FAMOUS FOR ITS ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE IN BRICKS. LOUIS KAHN DESIGNED IIM, YET ANOTHER LANDMARK BY AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED AMERICAN ARCHITECT DERIVES USE OF BRICK IN ITS PUREST STRUCTURE FROM USING THE LOCAL CONSTRUCTION SKILLS AND MATERIAL *POPULARLY KNOWN AS EXPOSED BRICK -WORK*.