Parchure Kuti constructed for Parchure Shastri in Sevagram, Maharashtra

From the archive record

Parchure Kuti in Sevagram, Maharashtra. It is a small traditional hut made up of bamboo. It has sketches of Mahatma Gandhi and his movements on the walls. Within the vicinity of the Ashram a small hut which was constructed for Parchure Shastri, who was suffering from severe wet leprosy for a number of years and had come to Sevagram to die in peace, has also been maintained properly. Parchure Shastri was a co-prisoner of Gandhiji in jail. He was a Sanskrit Scholar. When Gandhiji found him lying on the roadside in a pit he was deeply touched and got Parchure Shastri removed to the Ashram for shelter. Bapu started massaging his wounds with his own hands. The inmates of the Ashram hesitated to follow even Gandhiji’s example for several days. They were mortally afraid of leprosy. But Gandhiji’s