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This is the place where Baba Amte made a home for the patients of leprosy.
Anandwan literally, Forest of happiness, located around 5 kilometers from Warora in Chandrapur district in the state of Maharashtra, India, is an ashram and a community rehabilitation centre which was mainly started for leprosy patients and the disabled from downtrodden sections of society. It was founded in 1949 by noted social activist Baba Amte. The project is run by the organisation Maharogi Seva Samiti, and even being located one of the most backward districts of Central India -Chandrapur, has built livelihood capabilities of thousands of downtrodden people, persons with disabilities like leprosy, orthopedically handicapped, vision and hearing impaired and primitive tribal members since 1949. Two of its other projects are Lok Biradari Prakalp and Somnath, a village for cured leprosy patients.
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A compact 620-sq-km park, perched at an altitude of 200m and is placed 100 km south of Nagpur and 45 km north of the district headquarter and industrial town of Chandrapur. A heaven for wildlife enthusiasts, Tadoba is also referred to as 'The Jewel of Vidarbha. The oldest National Park in the state of Maharashtra, it is also a Project Tiger reserve, since 1993.