Aba Bagul Garden near swargate
Pune may seem a very crowded city with chaotic traffic, but in the middle of all this chaos Pune has many small yet beautiful gardens. These gardens provide the much needed evening break. Aba...
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Malhargad – Sonori Fort – near Dive Ghat
Malhargad, also known as Sonori fort, is a relatively unknown fort very close to Pune city. This is supposed to be last fort built under the Maratha empire. The fort is named after Malhari,...
Ganpati Mandal Photo Walk
It is that time of the year when the city comes alive in festive fervour. It is Ganesh Chaturthi. Lord Ganesha becomes the palette for the innovative creations of the hundreds of Mitra Mandals...
Pune Bazaar Walk
As part of the Pune Heritage festival which happened recently, i participated in the Pune Bazaar walk. There were many other such interesting walks, but they were spread over the week including weekdays which...
Adventure at seasons mall in Magarpatta
The seasons mall has been a boon for those living in Magarpatta City. But, this “boon”, it seems is not only for shopping needs. Seasons started off with a small gaming zone and a...
Parvati Hill Temple – the highest point of Pune City
A visit to Parvati was always getting postponed under the excuse, “It is inside the city, we can always go some other time”. But then, this situation continued for more than 3 years. Finally,...
ISKCON Temple NVCC in Kondhwa
ISKCON is a wealthy organisation and it shows in their new temple recently opened (inaugurated by our president Pranab Mukherjee) in Kondhwa (Earlier got confused with Kothrud!). This one is called NVCC – New...
Wonders of the world and 4d show at Yashwantrao Park
Unless you are the kind who jets off to Disneyland and Universal studios for the weekend, there is no reason why you should give this park a miss. It seems that the Yashwantrao Park...
Induri Fort in Talegaon
Induri fort is a relatively small fort constructed in the early 1700s by Sarsenapati Sardar Khanderao Dabhade. The fort is mostly in ruins and full of overgrown bushes, but it still is a good...
Chaturshringi Temple on Senapati Bapat Road, Pune
If you are looking for a break from the chaos of Pune city, then this is the place to go. Right in the middle of the city is the green haven, Chaturshringi Temple. The...
Birla Ganapati and Shirgaon Sai Baba Temple
I visited the Mangal Murti Morya Ganpati Temple (also known as Birla Ganpati) and the Sai baba temple at Shirgaon along with the visit to the Ghorwadeshwar Caves. If you are feeling deeply religious,...
Ghorwadeshwar cave temple
A lazy Sunday afternoon in winter. With Vidhya and Akshara out of Pune for 2 weekends, i had planned on a few short road trips. One of them was a visit to the Ghorwadeshwar...
