Tapovan | Amravati |तपोभूमी तपोवन

दाजीसाहेबांनी उभारलेले तपोवन - डॉ जयंत वडतकर -9822875773 तपोवन म्हटले कि आपल्याला आठवते ती कुष्टरोग निर्मुलन आणि त्यांच्या पुनरुत्थाना साठी उभारलेली आणि पुढे नावारूपास आलेली एक प्रसिद्ध संस्था. विदर्भातील अमरावती शहराच्या पूर्वेस वसलेला हा परिसर आज तपोवन नावाने परिचित असून विदर्भ महारोगी सेवा मंडळ या संस्थेच्या माध्यमातून दाजीसाहेब पटवर्धन नावाच्या एका तपस्वी व्यक्तीने आपल्या हयातीत येथे कुष्ठ रुग्णांच्या जीवनात स्वर्गीय आनंद फुलविला होता आणि तपोवन परिसरात स्वर्ग निर्माण केला होता. या महान तपस्वी सेनानींनी उभारलेले महान कार्य म्हणजे तपोवन. Dajisaheb established Tapovan during period of Indian Independance for serving Leprosy. When Dajisaheb was at Shioni jail, one incident transformed him to come to a final decision of devoting his entire life for betterment of the lives of lepers. That incidence was: He saw a leper, who had committed suicide and whose body was being devoured by dogs on the street. So after returning from jail in 1945, he preferred to serve leprosy patients rather than joining politics. On 26th September 1946 he laid the foundation of ‘Jagdamba Kushthanivas’ in presence of Aacharya Vinoba Bhave. He established Vidarbha Maharogi Seva Mandal in 1950 on 80 acers land at Amravati Popularly known as TAPOVAN. Then with the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi in 1947, Dajisaheb decided not only to treat the leprosy patients but also to rehabilitate them so as to make them self-reliant after being cured. So he decided to give all the residential patients a specific work as per their capabilities and interests. So he started various workshops like Carpentry workshop, Irony smithy, Carpet weaving centre, Printing press, Hand-loom and Power-loom workshop, Sewing workshop. After that Dajisaheb thought to re-stablish the cured patients into the society. For this purpose he arranged the marriages of cured patients and rehabilitated them. This was the first successful innovative experiment in all over India. The next question in front of him was about the children under the dark shadow of leprosy. For this, in 1962, he started Nursery, Primary school & High school at Tapovan for all the children. He worked very hard to make the various ‘Kushtha Samiti’ at National as well as state level. In the year of 1984, he handed over the total charge of Tapovan to the Government for India. On 10th November 1984, he left the Tapovan and went to Chandur-Railway. He breathed his last on 7th May 1986. The pioneering work done by dr. Patwardhan in the field of service to Leprosy treatment and their rehabilitation will remain a beacon of inspiration for all. Camera & Gear used – 1) Video shoot with : Canon Power Shot SX50HS 2) Photographs - Canon Power Shot SX50HS Music credits- YouTube Library - https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/... Category –History & Education #Tapovan#Vidarbha Maharogi SevaMandal#Dajisaheb#ShivajiPatwardhan#Amravati#Leprosy#Padmashree#