In 1945, freedom fighter Harikrishna Das, an ardent follower of Gandhiji, donated his house at Sarania along with 54 bighas of land where Sarania Ashram, housing the Mahatma’s cottage, now stands:
Amid the chaos and roaring sounds of engines of lakhs of vehicles in the northeast’s biggest city — Guwahati — Sarania hillock with its serene environment is standing amid the 18 hills of the city to teach the values and principles which “the Father of the Nation” Mahatma Gandhi had sowed in order to build an empowered society.
