So two years later , on 17 June 1917 , the ashram was relocated to an area of thirty - six acres on the banks of the river Sabarmati .
Ashram came to be known as the river   .
So two years later , on 17 June 1917 , the ashram was relocated to an area of thirty - six acres on the banks of the river Sabarmati , and it came to be known as the Sabarmati Ashram .