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About us |
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The Company
Leela Excursions Private Limited was founded to facilitate needs of Westerners to go on
Pilgrimages in India and Nepal to visit the holy sites of the Buddha. As
will as facilitate Indian people to travel abroad in very affordable way. We have high standards and
operate with small groups.
Directors
Rajan Bhaware
(Retd. I.A.S.)
Rajan Bhaware is Chairman and Director of the company. He has passion for travel and
is an Entrepreneur. He has served in various administrative departments for
Government of India until retired in January 2006. He is a recipient of award for his
work as District Collector of Bhandara from the President of India in 2003. He is also
Founder & Chairman of Pratibha Foundation, Yavatmal.
Dhammachari Manidhamma
(Ravindra Bhaware)
Dhammachari Manidhamma was trained as a pilot and was ordained in 1994 in the
Triratna Buddhist Order. Since his ordination he has worked in TBO projects in Nagpur,
Pune, Hyderabad and London. He helped to set up a Buddhist Centre in Hyderabad and
went to UK on Sngharakshita scholarship, undertaking a full time program of Buddhist
study and retreats to become Dhammaduta. He has a passion for study and his main
interests include Chinese language and Yogachara Buddhism. He is also visiting
Hungary, where he helped to establish ‘Jaibhim Network’ to communicate Buddhism to
Hungarian Gypsies. He is the founder of Dhammaloka International Buddhist Study
Centre, Sarnath and set up FWBO Dhammaloka an online fund-raising charity in the UK.
After spending six years in the West he returned to India in January 2008. He is
Founder and Secretary to Pratibha Foundation, Yavatmal a charity helping in higher
education to marginalised people in Vidarbha region and farmers through Centre for
Non-Violent Farming. In May 2009 Leela Excursions Private Limited was incorporated to
facilitate the Dhammayatra pilgrimages. He had an M.A. in Dr Ambedkar Thought and
teaches at Nagrajuna Training Institute, Nagpur when he is not
travelling.
Team
- Anupam Sawarkar
Anupam has experience in IT and book keeping. He is pursuing his B.C.C.A. from SFS
College, Nagpur.
- Sonal Kubitkar
Sonal completed P.G. Diploma in Travel and Tourism and has passion for tourism.
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