Shivambu Yoga and Nature cure Center, the first of its kind in India, was established in 1974. It is managed by the Shivambu Health Research Institute. The center provides services to patients to foster their participation and responsibility for restoring and maintaining their own health. Auto urine therapy, yoga therapy, naturopathy, manipulative therapies, energy therapies and ayurvedic diagnosis and administering herbal medicines are the main treatments. With a team of experienced and well qualified doctors, the center aims to meet the growing needs of holistic treatment facility to the suffering humanity and scientific clinical research. Kolhapur Railway Station is the nearest railhead.