The city of lanes...

Calcutta, the city of joy,
Jaipur, the pink city.
Pune or Poona, ummm,
let me just give it a made up name,
the city of lanes and as each city has its own charm so does Pune.
Pune is quite an old city. It was originally named Punawadi or Punya Nagari. It has great significance in history.

The thing that is ironic is that after been born here and living here for fifteen years, as long as I've been alive I just discovered how ecsentric Pune really is last week.
It was a Tuesday.

There are two major festivals or occassions which really awakes Pune - Palki and Ganesh Chaturti. Palki is in late June and early July while Ganesh Chaturti is in September.
Palki is when Pilgrims called Wakaris go for a pilgrimage to Pandharpur, a small town in Maharashtra and Ganesh Chaturti is when peple pray to Lord Ganesh for ten days.

The really sweet thing about Pune is that this whole city is interconnected through pretty lanes.
Those lanes are like shortcuts but unfortunatly they are slowly dissapearing in the new areas of Pune.

A few iconic places in Pune would be The Pataleshwar Cave Temple, Agakhan Palace, Mahatama Gandhi Road, the central city and Shaniwar Wada, among many others.

Pune may not be essentric as I said it is (it's be my home and home is always charming), it may not be exotic but it's worth a visit atleast once in life. It's got that incessant charm and glory.
Those little lanes that binds the city together. My sweet and devine city of lanes, Pune...

Picture from the net - ( www.commonfloor.com/weekend-guide/, this is Shaniwar Wada from the outside)