About Us

My name is Rajaram Sethuraman (Google+ Profile). I am married and my wife’s name is Vidhya Ganesh. We currently live in Pune. We have two daughters, Akshara and Advika. We moved from Cyprus in April 2009 after a stay of almost 8 yrs there. The 8 years in Cyprus were an eye-opener for me in terms of travelling and enjoying the bounties of nature.

Cyprus, though very small, had so much to offer to the interested explorer, that a casual Cyprus travel blog which i started on Cyprus, eventually grew big with me adding details on all the places i visited. I still keep updating it as there are dozens of places which i am yet to write about.

I hope to continue to travel even while in Pune and to keep me motivated, i have started this pune blog called Places near Pune, which will contains details and photographs of all places around Pune that i visit.

UPDATE: It’s been a little more than 6 yrs in Pune now (Aug 2015) and i have enjoyed every minute of it. This blog has grown into a good reference for places to visit around Pune, but if you count the number of places, it is not even (proverbially) the tip of the iceberg. I think i can spend every weekend of my life going to a different place here. My journey continues and so will this blog’s…

Enjoy.

71 Responses

  1. Shiva says:

    Hi Sethuraman. i am shiva i am from pune, I like your blog, i also started a blog visit my blog too.

    thanks

  2. Puneet Goyal says:

    hi Rajaram,

    I just came across your blog and ended up reading about 5-6 posts in a stretch. It is so captivating. I too stay in Magarpatta City and work for Accenture. My wife and I were planning to visit quite a few places near Pune and here comes your blog. It is just awesome and we will start visiting the places such as Karla, Bedsa caves, Narayanpur mandir etc.

    Thanks a million for the awesome blog. Please keep updating as and when you visit new places. It is a great reference for many travelers like me.

    Happy travelling,
    Regards,
    Puneet

  3. Harikrishnan says:

    This is too good !!!. I havent visited any forum or website which is so illustrative and informative than this. The admin (Mr. Rajaram Sethuraman) has taken such pains to create such a beautiful forum !!
    You deserve ultimate respect , as this is just the perfect guide to go through , before undertaking on any journey.
    Thanks a lot for this. I will also surely contribute through my experiences.

    Harikrishnan

  4. Ranjeet says:

    Hi Rajaram,
    It’s nice to read your blogs. Your every post is informative and helpful. I am the regular vistor of your blog site.
    Welcome to Pune. 🙂

  5. Mayuresh Ghatpande says:

    Hi,

    Impressive blog.. great work !!!
    I liked your writing and Classy photos..
    I am native from pune, currently working in MphasiS, Magarpatta City.
    I have explored a lot around Pune, still much remaining..
    Getting impressed by your log, I have decided to upload most of my snaps atleast on Picasa 😉 Please send me your email address….

    welcome to Pune… Happy exploring !!!

  6. Mukta Vartak says:

    Dear Rajaram,

    Your blogs are very very impressive and informative. The photoes are worth a million words. You are presenting Pune and its surroundings in a very beautiful way. I stay in Kuwait, but have a flat in Magarpatta City.

    Do visit Kelkar Museum, Lal Mahal (where Shivaji was born).

    Keep up the good work.

  7. Vijay ganesh says:

    Rajaram, do visit my blog to check out ajanja, ellora tour pictures of mine.

  8. Rajaram S says:

    thanks for the nice words Vivek.

  9. Vivek Temkar says:

    You do visit following places :

    – Hadashi – saibaba temple surrounded by nature

    http://www.dharmakshetra.org.in/hadshi/hover/index-2.html

    – Lavasa

  10. Vivek Temkar says:

    Hi,

    The information is very useful. I came across this website when I was searching information to goto ThoseGhar waterfall…
    I liked your both the websites..The sites are amazing…photos are really very nice… I have a daughter which is of same age as that of Akshara. Now I also feel to create a website of my daughter…
    Very nice initiative of sharing information !!
    I am sharing these sites with our friends….

    Regards,
    Vivek

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