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Near bus stop rupee nagar nigdi pune
Nigdi (Marathi: निगडी) is a suburb of Pune, India. It is about 18 km from Pune Station on the Old Pune–Mumbai Highway. Nigdi is towards the north-western tip of Pune.
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- Near bus stop rupee nagar nigdi pune
- Places of Interest
- Hospitals
- Government Offices
- Schools and Colleges
- Temples and Parks Gardens
- Transport facilities to and from
- Bhakti Shakti
- References
P.C.N.T.D.A. (Pimpri Chinchwad New Township Development Authority, पिंपरी चिंचवड नवनगर विकास प्राधिकरण)Area which is also known as Pradhikaran is a planned township. This total area is divided into several sectors. Although many areas of the city are added later on in P.C.N.T.D.A., Pradhikaran mainly refers to the area starting from Durga hill (दुर्गा टेकडी) - Bhakti-Shakti (भक्ती-शक्ती समूहशिल्प) to Akurdi Railway station - Ganganagar, which includes Sector number 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 A, 27 and 28.
Main Roads: 'Spine Road' and 'Ring Road' Public Gardens: Sant Tukaram udyan, Sant Dhnyaneshwar (ज्ञानेश्वर) udyan, Gajanan Maharaj Udyan, Raambaug and newly developed Sawarkar udyan.
Places of Interest
Hospitals
Government Offices
Schools and Colleges
Temples and Parks (Gardens)
Transport facilities (to and from)
{See Also: Akurdi Railway Station}
Akurdi Railway Station of Pune Suburban Railway is in Sector-26 of Nigdi Pradhikaran. All local trains stops there. Nigdi is well connected to Pune City by buses leaving from Nigdi Bus terminal of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited. There are PMPML buses available to Swargate, Kothrud, Hinjawadi, Katraj, Bhosari, Pune Station, Yerwada, Hadapsar, Wadgaon, Talegaon, Shirgaon etc. Mumbai Pune highway goes through Nigdi. Chinchwad Railway Station of Pune Suburban Railway is in Chinchwad near Nigdi.
Bhakti Shakti
Bhakti-Shakti is a collection of statues installed by PCMC, in memory of the meeting between great saint Tukaram Maharaj and Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj. Bhakti-Shakti as a title represents union of spiritualism and power. Historically Shivaji in his early days of 'Hindavi Swaraj' had come to Dehu to meet sant Tukaram to seek his blessings. This place is located on old Pune-Mumbai highway, sector 23, Nigdi. Renowned sculptor Madan Garge of the Garge Art studio, Nashik, was assigned the work of making the statues. The height of the statues of Sant Tukaram and Chhatrapati Shivaji are 20-foot while the other statues stand at 10-foot. The statues weigh 22 metric tonnes. Statues are placed on a small hillock. Over the years this statue has become face of Pimpri-Chinchwad. Bhakti-Shakti opens in the morning at 6.00 AM to 8.00 AM and 5.00 PM to 8.30 PM in the evening. See updated opening closing hours Last 5 years there is encroachment around the sculpture by local slum area called Ota scheme (Outsiders has spoiled area around. Also trucks are parked around by outsiders and bad smelling around the area.