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Time for official travel to Pune and yet another good opportunity to explore some more places in and around Pune. If you get colleagues who share the same passion as yours then official travel becomes even more fun and exciting. I was lucky enough to find a travel buddy in one of my colleagues this time. It was a weeklong workshop. So we decided to use the first and next weekend for some exploration.  10-Dec-22 | Pune Offbeat Sightseeing Late Sanjay Mahadeo Nimhan Gram Sanskruti Udyan This is Pune’s first mock village depicting all the rural aspects of Maharashtra. You get to experience village life first-hand in this place which includes traditions, customs, festivals, events, market places, school etc. Entry fee: Rs 50 per person Timings: 10 am to 9 pm As you take tickets and enter the theme park, you will find a signboard “ Enter the village” and from here starts your journey into this model village. All the statues are life- like and it seems as if we are in a real village. We ...

Most Bengalureans who drive along the Bangalore-Mysore highway can relate to me on this. Long drive , hunger cravings and usually most of them stop at Kamat Lokaruchi for that typical North Karnataka Banana Leaf meal. After serving your pot belly with yummy food when you walk towards the gate to hop onto your car, you tend to see “Janapada Loka” which is located right next to Kamat. But then you convince yourself that let me visit this next time since the need of the hour is to beat the Bangalore-Mysore highway traffic and reach home soon. After tending to ignore this place many times, finally this time we made up our mind to visit this folk museum. We had planned our day only to visit this museum. We started off at around 12 PM from Bangalore and reached Kamat Lokaruchi at around 1:30 PM. We had lunch there and then it was time now to soak into the rustic vibes of our state. You will need to take a ticket to enter this place. Entry fee:  Adults - Rs.50. Children – Rs. 25 Timings: ...