Sodepur
সোদপুর
Gandhi’s "second home"
A market town on BT Road. Satish Chandra Dasgupta set up the Khadi Pratisthan here in the 1920s, and Mahatma Gandhi stayed at the ashram on several visits to Bengal, calling it his second home.
Did you know
- Gandhi set out from the Sodepur ashram for Noakhali in 1946.
A short walk to try
From Sodepur station the ashram site is a short auto ride; continue to the river at Panihati.
Getting there
- Train
- Sodepur
Places to visit in Sodepur
- Khadi Pratisthan, Sodepur: The ashram Gandhi called his second home.