Mani Bhavan is the two-storey house where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during his visits to Bombay between 1917 and 1934 — the base from which he launched the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920), the Civil Disobedience Movement (1932), and where he first experimented with the charkha (spinning wheel) that became the symbol of Indian self-reliance. The house, now a museum, preserves Gandhi's room (with his spinning wheel and low writing desk), a library of Gandhi's writings, and a photographic exhibition of his life.
The museum is in the quiet residential neighbourhood of Gamdevi near Malabar Hill — the opposite of the crowded colonial Fort district — and the contemplative atmosphere suits a site dedicated to a man who opposed urbanisation, industrialisation, and the imperial edifice whose fall he led. The street outside, Laburnum Road, retains some of the 1920s character that Gandhi would have known.
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Gandhi stayed at Mani Bhavan between 1917 and 1934
The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched from here in 1920
Gandhi first used a charkha for spinning at Mani Bhavan
The house is now a museum preserving his room and spinning wheel
Get walking directions
Laburnum Road, Gamdevi, Mumbai, 400007, India
