Sleep in Gandhi's old Johannesburg home
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Satyagraha House in Orchards is a guesthouse and museum in the house where Gandhi lived with the architect Hermann Kallenbach in 1908 and 1909. Seven garden rooms are spread across the original house, a cottage and a newer wing. Meals are vegetarian, and the museum shows photographs, letters and journal entries. Book through the official site and ask about museum hours.
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