Pune · Maharashtra
Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple
Pune’s best-known Ganesha temple, founded by the sweet-maker Dagdusheth Halwai and the heart of the city’s Ganeshotsav.
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Maharashtra · Temple listing
ISKCON Temple, Pune
01 · Discover
History & tradition
ISKCON New Vedic Cultural Center (NVCC), the Sri Sri Radha Vrindavanchandra temple, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava temple in Pune. It is dedicated to Radha and Krishna and was opened in 2013, when it was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee. The complex stands on six acres and took seven years to build. It has two temples: the main Radha Krishna temple, built in the North Indian style in red stone and marble, and a Venkateswara (Balaji) temple in the South Indian style. Daily classes on the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam are held.
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Deity & dedicationKrishna
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02 · Before you go
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03 · Getting there
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ISKCON Temple, Pune
Pune, Maharashtra
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04 · At the temple
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The temple of Kasba Ganapati in Kasba Peth, the gramadevata of Pune and first of the city’s Manache Ganpati.
Photo: Gayathri menon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pune · Maharashtra
Pataleshwar
An 8th-century rock-cut cave temple of Shiva in the middle of Pune, with a circular Nandi pavilion.
Photo: Khoj Badami · CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Wikidata — structured place recordRetrieved 2026-11-12
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