 Once upon a time Pune was a very sedate Maharashtrian city... very representative of the Maratha heartland. The arrival of Osho Rajneesh and his flock changed that completely. The Ashram put Pune on the world map and has given this deeply traditional and staid city a strange new and very odd flavour. The migration of plenty of Bombay folk to the town too is increasingly giving the city a more cosmopolitan nature. Today the top attraction of the city is the Osho Commune International. But correctly speaking the Agha Khan palace, where Mahatma Gandhi and his wife were jailed for long periods along with Sarojini Naidu, are owed a top billing. But if you plan carefully, you can see both in a day and more.
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Once upon a time Pune was a very sedate Maharashtrian city... very representative of the Maratha heartland. The arrival of Osho Rajneesh and his flock changed that completely. The Ashram put Pune on the world map and has given this deeply traditional and staid city a strange new and very odd flavour. The migration of plenty of Bombay folk to the town too is increasingly giving the city a more cosmopolitan nature. Today the top attraction of the city is the Osho Commune International. But correctly speaking the Agha Khan palace, where Mahatma Gandhi and his wife were jailed for long periods along with Sarojini Naidu, are owed a top billing. But if you plan carefully, you can see both in a day and more.
