The Sewagram Ashram near Wardha Gandhi, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed for six years after the Dandi March, is set to be transfromed into a tourist attraction featuring a theme park.
The visitor attraction is being developed with an estimated cost of Rs 62 crore (US$11.5m, 8.6m euro, £7.3m).
The Gandhi for Tomorrow educational theme park will partly be based on showing how Gandhi was in favour of 'appropriate and useful' technology and not against it – as it is often claimed.
Along with the theme park the new attraction will also house a Rs 95 crore (US$17.7m, 13.2m euro, £11.2m) international convention centre.
Minister of State for Finance and district Guardian minister Rajendra Mulak said the convention centre will include an auditorium and study centre for those keen to learn Gandhian thoughts along with accommodation.
A section displaying Gandhian arts, culture and technology will also be developed.
Wardha District Collector Nawin Sona said that a memorial will also feature to celebrate 75 years of Gandhi's stay in the area.