In this post, you will get to know the tourist places of Pune. Pune is the second-largest city and the 2nd most populated city in Maharashtra and the 8th biggest city in India. Poona is the old name and now it is Pune.
Pune city is the fastest growing city in Maharashtra Pune is also known as an education hub, Compare to other cities in India number of students come to Pune for education.
More than 60% of the student population belongs to Pune they go to the USA for higher education. Because Pune has 16 universities 27 engineering colleges and a number of other institutes, medical colleges, research institutes and also Indian defence academies.
The national defence academy in Pune is the first defence academy where the army, navy and airforce get trained together.
Pune has more than 400 small and big software company Pune city is the IT hub of India after Bangalore. Pune is also called oxford of the east.
Do you know the Pune Mumbai expressway is India’s first high-speed expressway which was built in the year 2002.
Amanora gateway towers are the current tallest building in Pune city.
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Here are some Tourist places of Pune that you must explore.
1.Breakfast
To start the day in Pune you must visit Vaishali, Rupali and good luck café.In Vaishali and Rupali hotel, you will get south Indian food and in a good luck café, you will get Irani style breakfast. Yes, you must visit this hotel to start a day in Pune. It is located at FC road Pune.
2.Saras baug
Sara’s bag is located in the Swargate area. So the Construction of the Saras Baug is done by Peshwa in the 18th century. Inside the Saras Baug, you will get to see lord Ganesh temple. This garden is under the supervision of the municipal party of Pune and it is very well maintained.
Next to the garden, this small hotel is open till 2:00 pm and the pav bhaji dish is very famous, there is a Mahalaxmi temple and a Jain temple in front of the garden, you must also visit it.
3.Osho international meditation center
Osho ashram comes in Koregaon park of Pune, earlier this ashram used to be outside the city but the expansion of the whole city it has come in the middle of Pune city, here the disciple of Osho Rajneesh spread all over the world come here for meditation.
At a very short distance from the ashram, there is Osho Teerth park. It is such as beautiful and peaceful garden. You can’t believe it can be such a quiet place in the middle of the noisy Pune city.
4.Drama theaters
If you come to Pune and did not experience the drama, then your visit to Pune will remain incomplete.
First, a very famous drama theatre is Bal Gandharva located on jungle Maharaj road. This drama theatre is named after the very famous Marathi singer and theatre artist Bal Gandharva. Near Bal Gandharva there is a Sambhaji garden if you have time then you can also visit a garden.
In Pune city, there are also many other drama theatres such as Tilak Smarak mandir, Bharat Natya Mandir, Yashwant Rao Chavan Natyagruha. All these places are part of the Pune cultural heritage.
5.Rajiv Gandhi zoological park
Rajiv Gandhi zoo park is in the Katraj area and inside the zoo, there is a pond and the name of this pond is called Katraj lake. There is a snake museum inside the zoo where you will get to see rare and poisonous snakes.
Other animals that you can see such as tigers, crocodiles, monkeys, elephants, peacocks, turtles and much more. If you planning to visit Pune then you must explore the Rajiv Gandhi zoo park you will enjoy in the zoo park.
6.Raja dinker kelkar museum
This museum is located on Bajirao road. This three-storey museum was built by dr. dinkear kelkar in 1960 and named this museum after his son raja.
In this museum, their a number of old objects up to the 14th century, and most of the items are from the 17th and 18th centuries, other than that here you will find old-fashioned utensils, cloths, ornaments, instruments, household items, doors and weapons. The main attraction of the museum is Mastani’s palace here.
7. Tulsi Baug
Are you a shopping lover then tulsi Baug for you. Tulsi Baug is very famous for its street shopping market it is located in the Budhwar Peth area. You can do bargaining over here and be able to purchase any product at a very cheap rate. Tulsi Baugh is also known as the old fashioned shopping mall.
8.Parvati hills
In Parvati hills, the Peshwa has established the Devdeveshwar temple on this hill. This place is one of the highest places in Pune.
To climb the hills, more than 300 steps have to climb. There is also a museum on these hills here you will get to see Peshwa period objects and paintings. From the Parvati hills, you will get to see the best view of the whole Pune city.
9.Shaniwar wada
Shaniwar wada is in the center of pune at shaniwar peth area.Shaniwar Wada is an important historical place of Pune, here used to be the residence of Peshwa. In 1828 because of fire most part of the shareware Wada is damaged but still remain on the building wall, big entrance gate.
Shaniwada was a 7–storey building, and inside the Shaniwar Wada, there were more than one hundred fountains. Some of the fountains are still there.
10. Dagdusheth ganpati mandir
Dagdusheth Ganpati temple this temple is in the Badhwar Peth area and is just a short distance from Shaniwar Wada. This temple is more than 100 years old. Dagduseth Ganpati temple is decorated in a special way during the Ganesh festival and people from all over the country and abroad come to this temple for darshan.
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