("utility
village") About fifty miles south and west of Nagpur, the city is located
in Maharashtra's eastern region.
It is well known for the ashram that Mohandas K. Gandhi
established there in 1933 to promote his goal of a decentralized village
economy.
Because it was independent of the British-run industrialized
economy and attempted to counteract it by giving a model of an economy based on
indigenous "Hindu" principles, this economic model had political and
cultural significance.
Seven Holy Cities Death is historically considered to bring
ultimate release of the soul to seven holy cities (tirthas) located over the
Indian subcontinent (moksha).
Ayodhya, Mathura, Haridwar, Benares, Kanchipuram, Ujjain,
and Dwaraka are the seven cities.
