POONA
It
is the cultural capital or 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. Add they recreate spectacular scenes,
if visited and tapped at the right source. The visitor feels the Maharashtra
aroma exuding and hovering over the entire city. It is the birth place of
Lokamanya Tilakji who shaped the destinies of leaders including Bapu. Among the
worth-seeing, visiting of the following is a must and they illumins and elevate,
besides spiritualizing the visitors. They are the Shanivarpet and its Fort; the
Pateleswaralayam, said to have been built by Pandavas; the Peshwa Park its zoo;
the Kelikar museum; the Saras Bagh; Empress Gardens; Yerawada jail; the
observatory; the confluence of rivers Mula
and Mutha; the Sivaji Military college, and finally the Parvathi Hill, situated
almost in the centre of the city.
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