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Poona
is the cultural capital of Maharashtra, besides being famous as the seat of
administration for several dynasties. It has a glittering past, and abounds in
many monuments that detain the
visitors for days. And they recreate spectacular scenes, if visited and tapped
at the right source. The visitor feels the Maharastra aroma exuding and hovering
over the entire city. It is the birth place of Lokamanya Bala Gangadhara Tilak
who shaped the destinies of leaders including Bapu. Among the worth-seeing,
visiting the following is a must and they illumine and elevate, besides spiritualizing
the visitors. They are the Shanivarpet and its Fort the
Pataleswaralayam, said to have been built by Pandavas, the Peshwa Park and its
zoo, the Kelikar museum, the Saras Bagh, Yerawada jail, the observatory, the
confluence of rivers Mula and Mutha, the Shivaji Military college and finally
the Parvathi Hill situated almost in the centre of the city.
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