Bardoli - The Land of Inspiration
A trip with college friends is always fun but when we together visit a place which tells us a story of glorifying history about our country is just a cherry on top. It was fascinating to visit at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Museum, Bardoli situated 34kms from Surat in Gujarat. Its really amazing that most of the museums in India charge very nominal yet their maintenance is appreciable. As we all know that, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was one of the foremost leaders of freedom fight, and faithful follower of Mahatma Gandhi. But there is a short story behind the relationship of Patel and Gandhiji which is well presented in the museum. There is a diorama of Vallabhbhai Patel in the museum, smoking cigars and playing cards at barrister's club along with his friend. An elaborate description is given beside this diorama that somebody invited the members of that club to meet M.K. Gandhi who had come to explain his ideas about an Ashram and a national school. Initially, P