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Dagdusheth Ganapati
Located near Laxmi Road.
Richest ganapati, adoring with gold ornaments, diamond crown etc. (many famous personalities
donated ornaments).
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Kasba Ganapati
Located at Kasba Peth near Lal Mahal.
Gram Daivat of Pune and first Ganpati of honour in Pune and getting first place
during ganesh festival procession.
Statue kept by Shivaji Maharaja’s Mother Jija Bai.
Jija mata Garden, statue of Jija mata are also seen.
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Trishundya Ganapati Temple
Located in Somwar Peth.
Another temple of Lord Ganesh built during Peshwas period.
This idol has three trunks (Tri-Shundya) is the speciality. This idol is made from
wood
This temple is built in stone and beautiful carvings on its exteriors.
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Chaturshringi Temple
Located at Senapati Bapat Road on the hill top.
Temple of Goddess Durga.
Festival held during Navaratri.
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Parvati
Located near Swargate.
Famous Landmark of Pune.
Temple of Parvati and Devadeshwar (God Shankar) having 108 steps.
Small temples of Ganesh, Vishnu, and Kartikeya are also seen.
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Omkareshwar Temple
Located at Shaniwar Pet.
Oldest Temple ( 250 years old) constructed in Stone.
Omkareshwar and Amruteshwar are main Shivalayas.
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Mahalakshmi Temple
Located near Saras Baugh.
This is a temple of the Goddess Mahalakshmi, built in marble and constructed by
Bansilal Agarwal in 1980’s.
The architecture of the temple is a replica of the Dilwara temple of Mount Abu,
Rajasthan. The conical roof of the temple holds statuettes of gods and goddesses
painted in different colours.
The idols of the three goddesses Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswati have place in the
temple in three different alcoves.
Festivals are held during Navratri, Diwali and Dhanurmas.
The temple is open between 6:00 am to 12:00 p.m. and between 4:30p.m.to 10:00 p.m.
Aarti is at 7:15 both in the morning and evening.
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Pataleshwar Cave Temple
Located near Jangli Maharaj Road.
8th Centry temple of Shiva, carved from One Single Rock with circular Nandi mandapam
at the front.
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Vaishnodevi Temple
Temple of Vaishnodevi Approximately 20km from the city of Pune, in Pimpri,
lies the temple of Goddess Vaishnodevi.
It was built in the year 1993 in just 90 days and is a replica of the Vaishnodevi
temple located at the Katra village in Jammu and Kashmir.
The inside of the temple is hexagonal in shape and there are a variety of beautiful
pictures on the walls. In order to see the Devi, one has to crawl through a small
cave and there is a spring in the cave which automatically washes your feet clean
before you reach the Devi.
Note: No leather articles are allowed inside the temple.
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Gurudwar
Located at Ganesh Peth, 2 kms from Railway station.
The birth anniversaries of the first guru, Guru Nanakdevji and tenth guru, Guru
Govindsinghji are celebrated as festivals.
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Lal Dewal
Located at the heart of city (Formerly known as Synagogue).
Red Brick structure is a famous Shirine of the Jews.
This construction is of English Gothik type it has 90 feet high obelisk on which
a watch is hung. It was brought specially from London.
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Kamar Ali Darvesh Darga
Located at Shivapur , about 15 kms from Pune.
The Kamar Ali Darvesh Darga has two huge stones which can be lifted by reciting
the sacred name of Kamar Ali Darvesh in one breath. Out of the two stones one can
be lifted up by a group of seven people using just one finger each, with all the
seven of them saying Kamar Ali Darvesh in one breath. The other stone can be lifted
the same way, the only diference is the people in the group should be eleven.
People of all religions visit the darga . There is an 'urus' or fair held at Shivapur
once every year.
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Derasar ( Guruwar Peth )
Located about 2 kms from Swargate.
Famous place for Jain community.
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