Uruli Kanchan | |
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village | |
  Uruli Kanchan Location in Maharashtra, India  Uruli Kanchan Uruli Kanchan (India) | |
| Coordinates: 18°28′N 74°07′E / 18.467°N 74.117°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Pune |
| Government | |
| • Type | Gram Panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 412202 |
| Telephone code | 02026926230/98 |
| Nearest city | Pune |
Uruli Kanchan is a village 33 km east from the city of Pune in the district of Pune, Maharashtra, India. The village has been famous for the last sixty years for the Naturopathy Center (Nisarg Upchar Ashram) started by Mahatma Gandhi and his disciple Manibhai Desai. The village is also the location of the BAIF Development Research Foundation, an NGO started by Manibhai Desai in the 1960s. BAIF is well known throughout India for its program of breeding high yielding livestock and promoting sustainable rural development.
