MAHAROGI
SEVA SAMITI
WARDHA - MAHARASHTRA
Public Trust No. E-26(W)
Leprosy Hospital and Rehabilitation
Maharogi Sewa Samiti is registered as No.E-26(w) under Bombay Public Trust Act 29, 1950.
Donations to MSS are exempt from Income Tax under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961.
It has FCRA number : 0840000503 under Foreign Contribution (regulation), Act,1976.
Shri Sharad C. Behar
Chairman
Eng. Sharad Pustake
Vice Chairman
Shri Chittaranjan Sarangi
Secretary
Message from Secretary
Maharogi Sewa Samiti has a glorious past. Today again it is aspiring to reach its stature in national panorama. Multidimensional impetus to make it a model Ashram of self-sustenance and autonomy for the future generation is on the way. The subtle life of spirituality is collectively blossoming here with fragrance. As a commune we are growing with a vision for the Nation and also we cherish the faith to materialise that vision towards empowerment of the grass root community.
Founder
Manoharji Diwan joined the Gandhi movement early. When Mahatma Gandhi visited the Cuttack Leprosy Home in 1925 he realized the need to act. Gandhi set an example of personal involvement by nursing the great Sanskrit scholar Parchure Shastri, who suffered from leprosy. The reply came from Manohar Diwan who later established the first national leprosy institution at Dattapur, near Wardha, in 1936, not far from Sevagram.
Manoharji Diwan was one of the first disciples of Vinoba Bhave. Shri Manohar advocated that if we are truthful and want to serve the people, the miserable and neglected leprosy victims deserve our full sympathy and attention most. He then took to devote his entire life in service to the leprosy patients. (Shri Manohar Diwan died on Febr 15, 1980)
