India, July 5 -- The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Industrialisation (MGIRI) is set to restore three heritage structures linked to Mahatma Gandhi's vision for self-reliant villages-Gandhi Smriti Bhavan, Kasturba Kitchen, and Wardha Haat-nestled within its campus in Maharashtra's Wardha.

MGIRI signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Delhi's Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) for an 18-month project on Thursday. The IGNCA, the ministry of culture's heritage body, will serve as the project management consultant.

Gandhi Smriti Bhavan, which served as Gandhi's residence, and its library will be transformed into an immersive museum and prayer hall. This will include structural repairs, digitisation of valuable coll...