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Durga Tekdi
Durga Tekdi is a hill in Nigdi Pune. It is visited by residents of Nigdi. The tekdi (hill) derives its name from the Durga temple on the hill. Durga Tekdi, also known as "Durgadevi park" is one of the aspects of Pimpri Chinchwad corporation and over 160,000 trees have been planted on an area of 75 hectares. Plants such as rain tree, pelthohorum, ficus, neem, glyricidia, suru, sisoo, kasid, and subabul have been planted. Lawn exists on over 3 acres of land, and has been maintained for recreation purposes. Recently 59,805 trees have been planted on 92 hectares of land. The park also has a waterfall and floating fountain. The best period to visit this hill is either in the monsoon or in the winters.http://www.pcmcindia.in/tourism.asp? MID=0&PID=0&MenuID=36&Title=Tourism Indira Gandhi Udyan Adjacent to Durga Tekdi, there is an amusement park, Indira Gandhi Udyan (Appu Ghar), which is built on the lines of Appu Ghar in Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigdi
Nigdi is an affluent suburb in the city of Pune, India. Places of interest *India's Tallest Flag Pole *Ganesh Talav (lake) *Durga Tekdi *Appu Ghar *Bhakti Shakti *Sunset Point *Dhingra Maidan *Transport Nagari *Shri Krishna Temple *Bhel Chowk Hospitals * Lokmanya Hospital – Sector 24 * Sterling Multispecialty Hospital and Research Centre – Sector 27 * Diwan Hospital – Sector 24 * Apollo Clinic – Sector 25, Near Bhel Chowk * Anand - Foresight Hospital – Sector 26 * Dhanwantari Hospital – Sector 27 * Ranna Hospital – Sector 21 * Kartik Hospital – Sector 27A, Opposite Ashoka Bus Stop * Shakun Clinic Children's Hospital – Behind Nigdi bus stand * Bhalerao ENT Hospital - Near Mahaslkant Chowk * Ojas Multispeciality Hospital – sector 32 A, Ravet * Shende Hospital – Sector 25 * Gandhi Nursing Home- Sector 24 * Panortho Hospital- Near Sambhaji Chowk Government Offices *Kendriya Sadan, Nr. Akurdi Railway station *CBI Pune HQ *PMRDA Headquarter *Pratyaksha Kar B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest in Maharashtra by area, with a geographical area of 7,256 sq km. It has been ranked "the most liveable city in India" several times. Pune is also considered to be the cultural and educational capital of Maharashtra. Along with the municipal corporation area of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, PCMC, Pune Municipal Corporation, PMC and the three Cantonment Board, cantonment towns of Pune Camp, Camp, Khadki, and Dehu Road, Pune forms the urban core of the eponymous Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR). Situated {{convert, 560, m, 0, abbr=off Height above sea level, above sea level on the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau, on the right bank of the Mutha River, Mutha river,{{cite web , last=Nala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pimpri Chinchwad
Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune is the northwestern city limits of Pune, India. Geographically, it is located at an altitude above sea level, at a distance of about northwest of its historic centre. The neighbourhood is home to extensive industry and is well known for its automotive, IT and manufacturing industry. History The first reference to Pune region is found in two copper plates dated to 758 and 768 AD, issued by Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna I. The plates are called "Puny Vishaya" and "Punaka Vishaya" respectively. The plates mention areas around Pune such as Theur, Uruli, Khed, Dapodi, and also Bhosari, now part of the city. Chinchwad is noted for the shrine of Morya Gosavi, a prominent saint of the Ganapatya denomination of Hinduism that worships Lord Ganesha as the Supreme Being or its metaphysical concept of Brahman. Various sources place Moraya Gosavi between the 13th and 17th centuries CE. The inscription on the temple records that its construction began in 1658 CE. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subabul
''Leucaena leucocephala'' is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala) and is now naturalized throughout the tropics including parts of Asia. Common names include jumbay, pearl wattle (called so because of its yellowish white hue), white leadtree, river tamarind, ipil-ipil,tan tan, and white popinac.Ipil-ipil, ''Leucaena glauca'' BPI.da.gov.ph ''Leucaena leucocephala'' is used for a variety of purposes, such as fencing, , , |
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. The NCT covers an area of . According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city proper population was over 11 million, while the NCT's population was about 16.8 million. Delhi's urban agglomeration, which includes the satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Noida in an area known as the National Capital Region (NCR), has an estimated population of over 28 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in India and the second-largest in the world (after Tokyo). The topography of the medieval fort Purana Qila on the banks of the river Yamuna matches the literary description of the citadel Indraprastha in the Sanskrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hills Of Pune
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit. Terminology The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be not as tall, or as steep as a mountain. Geographers historically regarded mountains as hills greater than above sea level, which formed the basis of the plot of the 1995 film ''The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain''. In contrast, hillwalkers have tended to regard mountains as peaks above sea level. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' also suggests a limit of and Whittow states "Some authorities regard eminences above as mountains, those below being referred to as hills." Today, a mountain is usually defined in the UK and Ireland as any summit at least high, while the official UK government's definition of a mountain is a summit of or higher. Some definitions include a topographical prominence requirement, typically or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
