| Pune:
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(1991
Census) 15,64,000 Including Cantonment |
| Area |
146.00
sq.km |
| Average
Annual Rainfall: |
70Cms. (Between
June & September) |
| Altitude |
559
meters |
| Languages: |
Marathi,
English, and Hindi |
| Temperature: |
Summer |
Mansoon |
Winter |
| Maximum |
400C |
300C |
290C |
| Minimum |
260C |
220C |
100C |
| Shopping
Hours: |
10
A M To 9 P M. Generally shops are closed on Mondays in the city
and on Sundays in the Cantonment area.
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Nested
in the picturesque Sahyadris (the Western Ghats), just
150 km south of Mumbai, Pune is a contrast of history and
modernism. Base of the Great Maratha Emperor, Chhatrapati
Shivaji and the Peshwas, the city has been a cultural
capital of Maharashtra for centuries. Pune is considered as
the Oxford of India with its many educational
and research institutions apart from other institutions for
sports, yoga, ayurveda, culture and social services.
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Restaurants and Bars:
Generally
open from 11 A M to 3 P M & 7 P M to 11.30 P M.There is
a tourist information counter at the railway station but it
basically only to sells tickets for the MTDC city bus tours
and to Mahabaleshwar. It has no map of the city. The tours also
leave from outside the station. The regional tourist office
is in the government offices, known as Central buildings. |
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City Buses:
Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) Buses reach every part of the
city mainly from: Swargate, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune Station,
Shivaji Nagar Station, M G Bus Stand, Pune Corporation, Saras
Baug.
Booking available for
Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation(MTDC), Karnataka
Tourism Development Corporation, Himachal Pradesh Tourism
Development Corporation, Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation,
Gujarath Tourism Development Corporation, Tamilnadu Tourism
Development Corporation, Kerala Tourism Development Corporation,
Kumaon Tourism Development Corporation.
Pune
University
Taxi:
Mumbai-Pune private taxi service is available. Journey time
4 hours.
Local Transport:
Auto rickshaws, municipal and private buses, rental
cars and bicycles are available.
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Following is the list of are some of
the important areas & places in Pune city
Laxmi Road:
Your
visit to Pune is incomplete if you have not visited Laxmi road at
least once. When you come to the Laxmi Road, you have entered the
real heart of Pune city. You can easily judge this for yourself
looking at the crowd and the hustle and bustle on this road as well
as on any of the countless narrow side streets that crisscross it.
" Laxmi " is the goddess of wealth & as you
start your shopping on Laxmi road, you will really feel as if the
Goddess of Wealth has showered her blessings on this road.This road,
which starts at the Alka Talkies Square and running right through
the heart of the old city, terminates in the Cantonment area, has
an overall length of 4k.m. in all & over 90 percent of this
length is literally lined with shops on both sides. You can find
shops of the widest range of articles on Laxmi Road. But it is mainly
famous for its hundreds of shops of garments of all varieties, suitable
for all climates and purses. Jewellery shops take a distant second.
Bajirao Road and Tulsi
Bag
Named
after Shrimant Bajirao Peshwa the first, who was well known for
his gallantry, intelligence as well as his artistic personality,
Bajirao Road has its own place in Pune’s map. The famous one-man
museum, the Raja kelkar Museum is situated on Bajirao Road. One
of the City’s principal telephone exchanges, again named after Bajirao
Peshwa is also on this road. Bajirao road provides excellent opportunities
for shopping. Mainly garment shops, furniture shop and presentation
article shops are situated on this highly crowded road with an approximate
overall length of about 2km. As you come to Bajirao road where it
intersects Laxmi Road and turn to your right towards Tilak Road,
immediately on your left side you will find probably the noisiest
and the busiest part at Pune the famous shopping area of Tulsi Bag
and beyond that, the huge fruits and vegetable market of Mahatma
Phule Mandai.
Mahatma Gandhi Road
East street as well as Mahatma Gandhi Road both start exactly where
Moledina Road ends, in the Ambedkar Square and run parallel for
most of the way. They meet the Shankarshet Road which later comes
on the Pune-Solapur–Hyderabad highway. As you go along East street
towards Shankarshet road the world famous race course Of Pune lies
about half a kilometer to your left. Both East street and Mahatma
Gandhi Road are very good shopping areas, but the Mahatma Gandhi
Road is much more so.
Chhatrapati
Sambhaji Nagar (Deccan Gymkhana)
As you leave behind
the hustle and bustle of the main city of Pune and cross the river
Mutha using the Lakdi Bridge, you enter the triangular area of Deccan
Gymkhana.
From the point of view of shopping, the area is so small that you
can easily cover it within 15 minute of walking.but doesn't say
it all about Deccan Gymkhana, even from the viewpoint of shopping.
As soon as you cross
the Sambhaji Bridge, you enter the main shopping area at Deccan
Gymkhana. This compact, triangular area is so fill of shops of just
about all kinds, that it is only to be seen to be this area are
full of shops. This area is the real shoppers paradise. There
is even a Hong- Kong lane here. Just before you start ascending
the triangular Garware Fly-over the beautiful bronze statue of Chattrapati
Shivaji, big square, the Gokhale Square you turn to your right.
The Ferguson Collage Road starts from this square. Then going along
the tree-lined street, once again you turn to your right at the
triangle of roads. The Jangli Maharaj Road starts from this point
and leads to your left.
Turning to your right
you come to the main city bus terminus at Deccan Gymkhana. After
this now if your turn to the left, you again start going to the
Sambhaji bridge.thats all. The area in between this triangle
is the Deccan Gymkhana. But within this triangle all kinds of shops
and restaurants are there to satisfy your every whim and fancy.
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