Saras Baug in Pune

These days, Pune is the hub of established Marathi mores, in which learning, arts and crafts, and theatre are particular delight of place. Pune is gradually becoming a multi-ethnic city and is at this time a vital business centre. However, Pune holds the traditional appeal and its many charming distinctiveness, as well as the all-pervading cyclists, rickshaws and a daily forty winks hour that is taken very seriously indeed.

Sarasbaug is located at the centre of the city, at walking distance from Swargate. It is situated around four kms from Deccan. There are usual buses and rickshaws plying to Swargate. The Sarasbaug temple abodes the deity of Shree Siddhivinayak. A holy soil of belief for millions of followers in Pune and around the world, on a standard, the Sarasbaug temple receives ten thousand visitors a day and this number goes up to eighty thousand devotees per day on Ganesha Chaturthi and other special occasions. Various dignitaries and luminaries all through India have made it a point to visit this hallowed temple to seek blessings of Shri Siddivinayak.

In the 18th century, soon after completion of Shree Devdeveshwar Temple on Parvati hill, Shrimant Nanasaheb Peshwa turned his interest towards the growth and adornment of environs of Parvati hills. He decided to build a pond at the foothills of Parvati. An island of about 25000 Square feet vicinity was retained in the middle of this lake. Later on, a stunning garden was created on this island. Shrimant Nanasaheb Peshwa gave it a poetic name, “Sarasbaugâ€?. In 1784,  Shrimant Sawai Madhavrao Peshwa built a miniature temple in Sarasbaug and installed the idol of Shree Siddhivinayak Gajanan, the God he worshipped. Sarasbaug has now become a place of worship for people from all over the world and a popular spend time for Punekars