Anandvan Ashram, Warora

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Sight Address : The Anandvan Ashram, located in the town of Warora, is 45 kilometres from Chandrapur city. Edit

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Anandvan Ashram, Warora, this centre mostly serves as a community rehabilitation centre for patients suffering from leprosy. It also serves the disabled, from downtrodden sections of society. Maharogi Seva Samiti, which also handles the Lok Biradari Prakalp and the Somnath Project, runs and manages this centre. In the ashram, there are numerous small-scale and home-based industry units. These are run by the residents for generating income, which can cover additional requirements of the ashram. Baba Amte developed Anandwan to be a self-contained ashram (which could be described as “a kibbutz for the sick”). Residents are self-sufficient in terms of basic subsistence through agriculture. Land fertility in the region has been revived and is maintained by using organic farming techniques and micro-water management. In addition, the ashram has various home-based, small-scale industry units run by the residents that generate income to cover additional requirements, Baba Amte also shaped Anandwan as an environmentally-aware community to have practices in place for energy utilization, waste recycling and minimizing usage of natural resources that might otherwise lead to their depletion. Anandwan today spreads over 200 hectares and has two hospitals, a university, an orphanage, a school for the blind and a technical wing. More than 5,000 people are dependent on it for their livelihood.

Anandwan Ashram

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Anandvan Ashram was founded in 1951 by noted social activist, Baba Amte. The project is run by the organisation Maharogi Seva Samiti, the Samitis other projects are Lok Biradari Prakalp and The Somnath Project.

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November to February.

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1-2 Hours.

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Taxi : Private vehicles or taxies are also available to reach the destination.

Bus : Chandrapur is 127 Kms from Brahmapuri, 143 Kms from Ruyyadi, 144 Kms from Wardha, 154 Kms from Nagpur, 224 Kms from Karimnagar, 425 Kms from Hyderabad, 506 Kms from Bhopal and 762 Kms from Pune. It is well connected with the other major cities like Aheri, Amravati, Akola, Shirdi, Hyderabad, Gondia and Aurangabad through Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) and some private travel services.

Train : Chandrapur has its own Railway Station named as Chandrapur Railway Station, as well Warora has its own Railway Station named as Warora Railway Station, which are connected to the major cities of Maharashtra. It is situated on the major New Delhi-Chennai line and is linked with the cities like New Delhi, Bangalore, Mysore, Lucknow, Chennai, Kanyakumari, Allahabad, Indore, Puri, and Ahmedabad via Lokmanya Tilak Express, Navjeevan Express and Karnataka Express.

Air : The Nearest International Airport is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur, roughly three hour drive from Warora. Connecting flights to major Indian cities like Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Goa, Indore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune and Srinagar through Jet Airways, Indigo, Go Air, Air India, Air Arabia and Jet Lite. After geeting down at airpport , You can easily get regular buses or Private taxies to Chandrapur/Warora.

Others : Autorickshaw is main local transport in Chandrapur to the sightseeing.