Sadashiv Peth is an area located in

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 ...

, in

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of the

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. It was founded by

Madhavrao Peshwa Peshwa Madhavrao Bhat I (February 15, 1745 – November 18, 1772) was the 9th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. During his tenure, the Maratha empire fully recovered from the losses they suffered during the Third Battle of Panipat, a phenomenon kn ...

in honour of Sadashivrao Peshwa. Sadashiv Peth is predominantly occupied by Maharashtrian Brahmins, especially

Deshastha Brahmins Deshastha Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and northern area of the state of Karnataka. Other than these states, according to authors K. S. Singh, Gregory Naik and Pran Nath Chopra, Deshastha B ...

and

Chitpavan Brahmins The Chitpavan Brahmin or Konkanastha Brahmin is a Hindu Maharashtrian Brahmin community inhabiting Konkan, the coastal region of the state of Maharashtra. Initially working as messengers and spies in the late seventeenth century, the community ...

, with a fair share of some other classes as well. Educational institutions like Bhave School, New English School, Renuka Swaroop School, Jnana Prabodhini Prashala, D.E.S school, SPM English School are located here. Sadashiv Peth has many temples like Khunya Muralidhar, Joshi Narsimha Mandir, Junnarkar Datta Mandir, Upashi Vitthal, Shani Par, Nagnath Par, Chimnya Ganapati, Umbrya Ganpati, Bhikardas Maruti Mandir, Paranjape Shani Mandir. Many historic Wadas like Vishrambaug wada, Vinchurkar wada, etc. are situated in Sadashiv Peth, which is also home to the Bharat Itihas Sanshodak Mandal, Geeta Dharma Mandal, Bharat Natya Mandir and Tilak Smarak Mandir. Sarasbaug,

Peshwe Park The Peshwe Park, is located near Saras Baug in Pune, India. It is managed by the Pune Municipal Corporation. It is spread over an area of 7 acres. Now it is an energy park that stresses the importance of renewable energy in today’s times. The ...

and Maharana Pratap Udyan are the famous parks located in Sadashiv Peth. It has traditional Maharashtrian cuisine restaurants. It falls under the Kasba Peth constituency and its current legislator is

Mukta Tilak Mukta Tilak (17 August 1965 – 22 December 2022) was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kasba Peth (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Kasba Peth in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2 ...

, BJP (

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