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Hello,
Who am I?
My name is Tushar, I am 40 years old and I am originally from India. After two years of experiential learning / studying Eco-architecture and organic farming I started my own project *Atmatrupti open community learning and sharing center* at my village uddhar on my own land.
What is my project?
My current project is to create a self growing organic farm using local & natural materials like stone, bamboo, mud, grass and many more obtained in the wild....
I have divided my land into two parts -
One being the residential zone where you can reside, chill, make music, hold discussions and sleep your hearts out in the eco-friendly huts. The newly constructed house being a traditional Adiwasi hut is the community space....
Second being the earth friendly organic farm which has different veggies, fruits and pulses all through the according to the season....
Where is it?
My land is located in a deep internal village Uddhar that falls between Mumbai and Pune 3 hours away by road. It is a small village where you can literally see clear skies in the day and spot constellations at night. Its a good spot for birdwatchers. The areas vegetation is open scrubland and there is a nice flourishing river next to my farm. A semi wild cowherd passes by everyday and wild Indian animals can be spotted. People who struggle to find peace in their city life can make this their Dojo/Ashram for meditation. My village is quite a cultural place with the rich village culture still intact. I would also request the volunteers to share their cultures and way of living or even leave a momento of their culture in my heterogeneous land!
What volunteering?
Now comes the request, as organic farming is a slow-yield process, it would be really helpful if the volunteer can help me with the basic amenities provided in the farm to keep the earth friendly place alive for the next person who visits....
Volunteers can help me with the organic farming or the earth friendly constructions happening at my place. This place is always open for new, creative and innovative methods and ideas of farming and building....
What time?
Volunteers can work about 5 hours a day for 5 days in a week. Specific timings can be decided personally.
Precaution!
If you have any allergy to any kind of food or water, please let me know in advance, so that we can organize nutritious, organic food yet nonallergic food specially for you.
Some RULES to follow!
The best would be to avoid generating any inorganic waste but I would request everyone to keep their plastic and inorganic wastes with them and dump it somewhere out..
Also, excessive noise after a certain time at night would disturb the villagers who have a sleep early and wake early routine. If you are still awake after sunset don't walk without torch! For there are some creepers and crawlers you don't want to step on.
What we have on the farm?
1) Basic comfortable accomodation no luxury at all.
2) No electricity on the farm we have solar lights and solar wifi and mobile and laptop charging point.
3) We have 3 rooms, 2 toilets, 2 bathrooms, 1 open kitchen(with all cooking material) 1 dining hall.
4) We have beds, mattress, chaddar, pillow, mosquito net.
5) We have chicken, cats, dogs
6) We have River very close from farm.
What will be your benefits?
I will manage all your stay here including your food. You will enjoy the nature, learn from me about farming and construction, share your valuable knowledge with me and lots of spiritual discussion, and beautiful days and nights.
Upcoming project -
1) Building laterite stone wall for fencing.
2) Watermelon and vegetables plantation.
3) Making volleyball court
4) Open gym.
Ps.- Basic comfortable accomodation no luxury at all.
Thank You..
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They can learn Indian village lifestyle, traditional way of cooking food, fishing in the river.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Volunteers can help me with the organic farming or sometimes the earth friendly constructions happening at my place. This place is always open for new, creative and innovative methods and ideas of farming and building...
Volunteers can help out about 5 hours a day for 5 days in a week. Specific timings can be decided personally.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hindi: Fluent
Marathi: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Basic accomodation no luxury at all.
We have solar lights and solar wifi.
We Will have toilets and bathrooms on the farm also I have constructed newly kitchen so we can cook on the farm.
What else ...
Waterfall, hot spring water and mountains. We have here 300 old temple on the mountain which is built in 1665.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Mobile network Jio and Airtel.
Space for parking camper vans
I have a lots of area for parking
Can possibly accept pets
Yes I don't have any problems. Just they have to take care of there pets. I have two dogs and two cats.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (47)
We helped out with planting different kinds of seeds and watering. Other than that the… read more
I really recommend both of them.… read more
During my stay I was the only workawayer there so it was only Tushar and me on the farm.… read more
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We helped out with planting different kinds of seeds and watering. Other than that the… read more
I really recommend both of them.… read more
During my stay I was the only workawayer there so it was only Tushar and me on the farm.… read more
He was very accurate in giving me precise directions from Mumbai to the Village. In the farm I found also other 2 volunteers and that made the experience even better. In those 4 days we had little work also because during central part of the day was very warm.
Overall a very… read more
With Tushar at Atma Trupti you will live a fully new life away from all your old habits.
Leave the fear behind and embrace the joy of discover yourself by talking about everything, experiment new things and put all your love and energies on the present.
This place is a chance for everyone to live… read more
Tushar is an amazing person, who has created this amazing safe space for his community and for those who want to travel and learn. Spent a week on Tushar’s farm, and I had so much fun.
The farm is located near a remote village in Konkan region of Maharashtra. Reaching the village was a journey in itself. The landscape, the… read more
The working hours really depended on the day and us. There was always something to do, yet often we had the whole day to… read more
it was a beautiful experience to meet his family and animals.
he gave… read more
It is a good place to disconnect from the city, since the amenities are fair and that makes it a true experience, we would have liked more time but… read more
The surrounding are absolutely stunning. And there are lovely walks nearby. A tip: take the dogs with you if you can. They will love you for it. We saw a great many birds to.
The focus on Tushar's farm is not on the work but on the connection to each other.
We thrashed some rice (max 2 hours a day), did some… read more
23th june 2022 to 5th july 2022
Learning:
How to prepare house for chicken
Technique used in plantation of rice
Making tastier maharastrian dishes
Painting the stones using limestones powder
How to make fencing around farms
Food:
Food Was awesome, As per promised I received 3 meals everyday with different cusine like dal… read more
Thank you Kamila for everything and come back very soon.
Here i felt very peaceful.
And Tushar is a nice guy he guided very well. I experienced a better farm life. I done seeding, weeding, and cooked some foods with other volunteers..
After all i felt like its a heavenly place, my mind… read more
After the fırst couple of meals… read more
He stayed at my place in few weeks and I enjoy every moment with him. I am highly recommend to this hardworking… read more
I more than happy to have share some life time with your all family and I definitely recommend to have a look at his place and… read more
Unfortunately my stay was short but even in that short span of time, I learnt so much about the the village life. Making garlands, doing a bit of organic farming and uprooting the tents were my major tasks. The best experience… read more
Hahaha tuzya sasuni khalle kande. It's mean your mother in law eating onian.
Yes thank you juana for your feedback.
I stayed three weeks at Tushar's farm, this was also my first workaway experience. The place is so peaceful that it sometimes seemed to me that I was in a kind of spiritual retreat. The village is cute, small and with lots of… read more
Although you read descriptions and profiles and you can have an idea of the place, what are you going to do, etc, you never really know till you get there...and what I found was much much better than what I could have imagined.
From crazy Kolkata and after nearly two… read more
Enjoying nature, learning about farming (collecting cow dung), swimming in the pond, eating with his family; those were our daily activities.
We also had the chance to… read more
We were free to invest us according to our desires for work farm, I helped to finish the construction of the walls of the future kitchen and to prepare bamboos… read more
for me it was a nice place, with good community, a lot of fun, culturAl experience and a good mixture with working and relaxing.
i wish you, your family and you farm a happy future
The farm is at its beginning and we see so many possibilities for that place! Tushar know what he is… read more
You need to know accomodation is basic but Tushar is doing a lot to improve it.
Thank you Tushar. Thanks to your… read more
The typical Marati food you get… read more
We went there for a week, without knowing exactly what was going to happen or what we were going to do and our experience helping Tushar with his farm was GREAT FUN!
The village is a very rural area, so, we had a very interesting experience there. Also, we had the opportunity to know the people from… read more
Would definitely recommend other workawayers to visit this place.
