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Located
in Sahyadri hills near the west coast of India, Pune is
a fascinating city with a healthy climate all year
around. Known until not so long ago as Poona, the city
was the capital of the powerful Maratha empire and is
closely associated with the great warrior king Shivaji.
Today, Pune is distinctly divided into the spacious
cantonment and the crowded old city, where locali-ties
have been named after days in the week.
Pune has many tourist attractions. It has a temple
dedicated to goddess Parvati atop a hill on the south
edge of the town, from where one can have an excellent
view of the valley down
General information
Altitude:
598 meters
Rainfall:
70 cm (June to September).
Best Season:
Throughout the year.
Temperature: Summer- Max 40, Min 26; Winter- Max 29, Min
19
STD Code:
0212
How to get there
Air
Pune is well connected by air with Bombay.
Rail
Pune is linked by rail with Bangalore, Bombay, Delhi,
Jammu-Tawi, Kanya Kumari, Madras, Nagpur, Secunderabad
(Hyderabad), Trivandrum, Vasco-da-Gama (Goa)
Road
Pune is connected by bus services to Bombay (170 km),
Shirdi (195 km) Nasik (202 km), Aurangabad (226 km),
Sholapur, Nagpur, Bangalore etc.
In and around
Shaniwar Wada
Shaniwar Wada, Saras Baug, Parvati Hill, Raja Kelkar
Museum, a private museum collected with painstaking care
by one single individual, dinkar Kelkar. Shinde's
Chhatri, Bund Garden, Agha Khan Palace with is't
Italianate aches and spacious well mannered lawns, was
unlikely place for a prison, but at one time the British
interned Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba Gandhi
here along with other leaders.
Simha Gad
Simha Gad, whose literal translation is fortress of the
lion, stands on a hilltop 25 km from Pune.
Shanwarwada
Shanwarwada, built in 1736, was once the palace of the
Peshwa ruler who succeeded to Shivaji's empire after
having served it as ministers. A massive fire in 1827
destroyed most of the palaces, leaving behind only its
old fortified walls, 18th century lotus pools and the
elaborate foundations of the palaces. The 18th century
rock cut temple of Pataleshwar stands in the middle of
Pune. It has been carved into a single boulder of awe
inspiring size |
