<span style="color: #000000;">Gandhi Grameena Gurukula in Hosritti village in Haveri district of Karnataka teaches students the ideals practiced by Mahatma Gandhi. The residential school situated on the banks of river Varada on 32 acres of land was established on 2nd October, 1984 by Gudlappa Hallikeri, a Gandhian popularly known as the iron man of Karnataka. AIR correspondent reports that Gandhi Grameena Gurukula is the living testimony to Gandhian way of life. All the ideals practiced by Mahatma and his thoughts are part of the curriculum here. Children wear Khadi uniform, take up Swachata Abhiyan within and outside their school premises and take up spinning, weaving of Khadi. They spend time in dairy and agriculture. It is an abode that teaches students a simple self- sustaining way of living.<br />''<br />''The Gurukul imparts free education to the students from poor families providing them free food, shelter and education. They are imparted quality education here and are moulded into kind hearted human beings.</span><br />