If you enjoy exploring old busy street markets, try this walking tour of the ‘native’ bazaar areas of the old Mandai.
You’ll be fascinated by the vibrant street bazaars, the colourful people, the multi-cultural mix of mosques, temples and derasars(Jain Temples), the different cuisines, and the sheer throbbing energy of the place. The tour covers Mandai (Market), (spices market), Phool Galli (Flower Street) Tulsi Baag Famous Dagdushet Ganapati, Jogeshwari who is the first diety of Pune and Kasba Ganapati who is the first gram daivat of Pune and Vishrambaag Waada an ancient wooden architecture administrative building of the Peshwa clan right in the middle of the busy central area of the market..
A great way to explore Pune’s British history and architecture is to see an amazing variety of historic landmarks, churches, colonial buildings constructed in different styles of architecture and built in a variety of local and imported materials. The varied use of stones has imparted a colonial effect to the facades, particularly to those of public buildings built in the 19th and 20th century