Uruli Kanchan

Uruli Kanchan
village
Uruli Kanchan is located in Maharashtra
Uruli Kanchan
Uruli Kanchan
Location in Maharashtra, India
Uruli Kanchan is located in India
Uruli Kanchan
Uruli Kanchan
Uruli Kanchan (India)
Coordinates: 18°28′N 74°07′E / 18.467°N 74.117°E / 18.467; 74.117
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictPune
Government
 • TypeGram Panchayat
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
412202
Telephone code02026926230/98
Nearest cityPune

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.

Dr. Manibhai Desai in December 1990