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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND INFORMATION STUDIES © VISHWASHANTI MULTIPURPOSE SOCIETY (Global Peace Multipurpose Society) R. No. MH-659/13(N) www.vmsindia.org A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION IN DISTRICT, STATE Amol S. Shinde De pt. of Ge ography, Walchand College of Arts and Science , Solapur (M.S) [email protected] Abstract: The natural resources, coastal lines, waterfalls, hot springs, temples, historical forts, caves, wild-life, hill ranges, scenery and amenable climate are very important resources of tourist attrac-tion.The various facilities available to the domestic and foreign tourists in . These include natural resources, transportation, infrastructure, hospitality resources and major tourist attractions. For the research work Pune District is selected. This district has at Pune its at south, Thane and Ahmednagar state at North, west, Solapur district east The object of study region is, to highlight the attractive tourist destinations and religious places,Historal,Nature and Cultural Place etc.This study based on primary and secondary data. Tourist attractions in the district as is, natural beauty, caves, temples, forts, mini garden, rock garden, tracking, rock climbing, wild life, festival's fairs, arts, handicrafts, creeks, lakes etc. places. To the stay of tourist, which requires natural resources, infrastructural and transportation facilities, accommodation, food, recreation, sightseeing, shopping and variety of facilities and services for use and enjoyments? The source of tourism depends on all these facilities. Keywords- Pune District, Maharashtra, Tourism, Natural resource

Introduction: Pune District, also known as Educational Study Area: Capital of the state of Maharashtra. Agriculture Pune district is located between 17 o 54' N and and household-industrie s are the main sources 10 o 24' N latitude and 73 o 19' E and 75 o 10' E of live lihood. Pune also has hill station – longitude . The district has geographical area of which is ve ry famous hill station. It is 15,642 km 2 having population 72,24,224. Pune just few kilometers away from . One can district is bound by , spend his time on the peaceful hill station. The Solapur district, Satara distric t Pune district natural beauty of Lonavala is really and . It is the second largest mesme rizing. Places to visit in the city are district in the state and covers 5.10 percent of , Vingneshwar the total geographical area of the state. The Temple ,, Agakhan landscape of Pune district is distributed Palace, , Shivne ri fort, Mulshi triangularly in we stern Maharashtra at the Dam, Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary foothills of the Sahyadri Mountains. etc.These include natural resources, Administrative ly the district is divided into 14 transportation, infrastructure, hospitality talukas. These are , , Khed, resources and major tourist attractions along Maval, Mulshi, Velhe , , Haveli, Purandar, with ropeway and boating etc.Natural resources Pune City, , , and includes climate, Natural beauty, wild life, hill Shirur. Pune city is the administrative lakes, ponds, rive rs, waterfalls in Pune district. he adquarters of the district. {Fig. No-01} There In infrastructural facilities like water supply are around 1,866 villages in the district. Slope is system, accommodation, electricity and power towards south-east. The study area has basaltic supply system, communication system etc. are base having step like topography. In the west, the basic requirements of Pune to achieve the there is Sahyadri basaltic mountain running goal of tourism. Transportation includes surface north to south, and towards east, basaltic transport, Railways and aviation services etc. , lying gentle slope towards east. The various facilities available to the domestic In Pune distric t, there are four soil types, and foreign tourists in Pune district. These name ly, coarse shallow, medium black, deep include natural resources, transportation, black, laterite and mountainous soil. Ten crops infrastructure, hospitality resources and major have been identified for considering spatio- tourist attractions along with ropeways, boating temporal analysis of cropping pattern. These etc. crops are rice, jowar, bajra, sugarcane, groundnut, gram, safflower, fodde r crops, fruits Objectives: and vege tables and wheat. The ne t sown area The main objectives of the study were as follows has decreased from 60.95% to 60.23% in last 25  To study the profile of Pune district. ye ars. But the irrigated area increased by 8.68%  To highlight places in study area. with 10,374 electric pumps. In view of study of  To review the progress of tourism related works in the study area.

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Pune District has been under taken for the Though the temple is believed to be ancient, the research pape r. current structure of the temple was built by him or his descendant. 3. Vingneshwar Temple at Ozar, Junnar Tahsil TheVigneshwaraTempleorVighnahar Ganapati Templeof Ozar is aHindu templededicated toGanesha, one of the e ight Ashtavinayak located at a distance of about 100 km from Pune. Le gend has it that a demon by name Vignaasura created obstacles to eve ry good deedperformed by the sages and the other inhabitants of the world. 4. , Purandar Tahsil Jejuri is located in Purandar tahsil at a distance of 51 km from Pune& famous for pilgrimage.It is situated at a elevation of around Figure. 1: Location Map of Pune District 718 me ters (2,355 fee t) from mean sea level. It is Hypothesis more a village than a town and de rives its Tourism can gene rate employment opportunities importance from the religious fairs held in especially in the interior and coastal areas of the honour of the god Khandoba, who is also called district. Mhalsakant, Martand-Bahirav, Malhari . It is Database and Research Methodology situated on a high level and is surrounded on all The present study is based on the primary and sides by fertile and cultivated lands. secondary data. Primary data was collected from 5. , Khed TahsilAlandi to visits the carious tourist ce nters taken is popularly known as "Devachi Alandi"is photographs, interviews and sample tourists. situated on the banks of River Indrayani.It has Secondary resources were made for tracing the and a temple of ‘Sant ’ history of tourism development in Pune district. who spent most of his life-span there. The Secondary data was collected from reference temple was built in 1570. The famous wall on books review, periodicals, booklets, news which ‘Sant Dnyaneshwar’ flew to meet papers, magazines, research report, internet, ‘Chandev' is also present here. thesis etc. 6. , Haveli Tahsil Tourist Attractions in the District Dehu is situated in Haveli Tahsil at a distance of Some important tourist ce nters in the Pune around 24 km from Pune . Dehu is a place of district are explained as follows: Sant Tukaram where he worshiped Lord Vitthal. Major Attractions Tourism Places in Pune The 'Palakhi' in the month of 'Ashadh' from District: Dehu is one of the main attractions of De hu. A. Religious Places Dehu is a place where the 'Abhang 'of Sant 1. Bhimashankar Temple, Khed Tahsil Tukaram can be remembe red. One can see his Bhimashankar is an ancient shrine situated in temple here on the banks of the river Indrayani. the Sahayadri Hills in the state of Maharashtra. 7. Chatushrungi Temple, Pune City It is one of the well known Jyotirlinga, amongts Chatushrungi temple is located on the slopes the twelve jyotirlingas situated all over . of a hill on Senapati Bapat Road in Pune city. It Bhimashankar is located in the village of is said to have been built during the reign of the Bhorgiri, around 125 km away from Pune in MarathakingChhatrapati Raje Bhosle. Sahyadri Hills. In recent times it has gained The presiding de ity of the temple isGoddess tremendous significance since it was declared as Chaturshringi, also known asGoddess "Wildlife Sanctuary" in 1984. Ambareshwari. She is also considered as the 2. Chintamani Temple at Theur, Haveli presiding deity of the city of Pune. Tahsil 8. Kamar Ali Darvesh Dargah at Khed Theur is located at a distance of about 25 kms Shivapur, Haveli Tahsil from Pune . This temple is "one of the large r and Khed ShivapurDargahis of Sufi Saint Kamar more famous" of the , the eight Ali Durvesh who lived here around the year revered shrines of Ganeshain Maharashtra.The 1200. KhedShivapur issituated in Haveli Tahsil temple is associated withSaintMorya about23kms away from Pune . It is about 700 Gosavi(dated between 13th to 17th century). ye ars old Dargah. This Dargah is on the main

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highway of Pune -Satara road. It is located in a carvedchaitya, or prayer hall, dating back to the small village known as the Khed Shivapur.There 1st century BC. are two large stones placed near the contour of the Dargah premises. C. Hill Station Place B.Historical Place 1. Lonavala, Maval Tahsil 1. Shaniwar Wada, Pune City Lonavla is a town and a hill station Municipal This imposing palace was built by the Council in Pune district. It is about 64 km away successors of Shivaji Maharaj, the in from the Pune , 96 km away from Mumbai. 1736. A massive fire destroyed the building in Lonavala is a popular hill station at a height of 1827. Most of the palace interiorsalso got 625 mt. (2051 ft.) above the mean sea level. It is destroyed and all that remains is the old famous throughout India for the hard candy fortified wall.This Palace situated in the heart of swee t known as ‘chikki’. In 1871, the Lonavla the city near to Shivajinagar, and Laxmi Road, and hill stations were discovered by has become the symbol of the culture of Pune . Lord Elphinstone, who was the Gove rnor of 2. Agakhan Palace during those times. Also The was built in 1892 by Lonavala is about 3 km away from Khandala, Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan III in Pune, while Karla Caves, and Bedsa are Maharashtra. The palace was an act of charity close to Lonavla. Both the Mumbai-Pune by the Sultan who wanted to help the poor in Expressway as we ll as the Mumbai-Pune the ne ighboring areasof Pune, who were highway passes through Lonavla. drastically hit by famine. The palace is closely 2.Khandala, Maval Tahsil linked to the Indian freedom movement as it Khandala is a hill station in the Western , se rved as a prison for Mahatma , his wife located about three kilome tres from Lonavala , his secretary and 68 km from Pune at a e levation of 625 m and . (2,051 ft) from mean sea leve l. Due to the ease 3. Sinhagad Fort, Haveli of accessibility from nearby cities, Khandala is a Sinhagad is a fortress located roughly 30 km common area for hiking. One destination is the from Pune. Previously called Kondhana, the fort nearby peak of Duke's Nose, which offers a has been the site of many important battles, panaromic view of Khandala and the Bhor . most notably thebattle of Sinhagad in 1670. D.Nature and Cultural Place Pe rched on an isolated cliff of theBhuleswar 1. , Mulshi Tahsil range of the Sahyadri Mountains, it is situated Mulshi Dam is located at a distance of about on a hill rising 1312 mt. (4,304 ft.) above mean 25 km. at a distance of about 43 km. from Pune. sea level. One of the most famousbattles for Water from the dam is used for irrigation as well Sinhgad was fought to recapture the fort as for producing e lectricity operated byTata byTanaji Malusare, a generalofShivajiMaharajin Powe r Company LTD.Mulshi Lake is primarily a March 1670. week-end ge t-away for nearby Pune . The area is 4. fort, Junnar Tahsil a perfect spot for picnic, with scenic Shivne ri fort is located 105 km away surrounding, unexploited Sahyadri hilly from Pune at a Height of 689mt. (2260 ft.) above terrains, lush green dense forests which also mean sea level. Shivneri is the birthplace of the offer sightings of some rare wild animals King Shivaji.Shivneri is a highly 2. , Velhe Tahsil de fensible location, with steep rocks on four Panshet Dam, also calledTanajisagar Dam, is sides and a strongly built citadel. Inside the fort adamon the Ambi Riverabout 50km southwest is a small temple dedicated to the goddess of the cityof Pune in western India. The dam was Shivai Devi, after whomShivajiwas named.At the constructed inlate 1950forirrigationand, ce ntre of the fort is a water pond which is called alongwiththreeotherdamsnearby, Varasgaon, 'Badami Talav. TemgharandKhadakwasla.Panset is one of the 5. Karla Caves, Maval Tahsil famous picnic spots ofPuneand attracts many Karla CavesorKarle Cavesare a complex of visitors fromMumbai. The lake is made because ancientIndianBuddhistrock-cutcave shrine s of the backwater from the Panshet Dam. developed over two periods–from the 2nd 3. Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary ce ntury BC to the 2nd century AD, and from the was created in the Ambegaon and Khed 5th century AD to the 10th century. The caves talukas of Pune District , in the Western lie near a major ancient trade route, running Indian state of Maharashtra in order mainly eastward from the Arabian Seainto the Deccan. The main cave features a large, intricately to protect the habitat of the Indian Giant

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Squirrel . Its area is 131 km 2 (51 sq mi) and is References: a part of the (Sahyadri 1. Rana Pratap and Kamala Prasad (2003):“Tourism Geography” Shree Ranges). This sanctuary was created in 1984 Publishers and Distributors, Ne w Delhi. and includes 9 tribal villages. The area's bio- dive rsity has been retaine d as it will be 2. Amol S. Shinde (2016):“ A Major Tourist preserved as a cluster of sacred groves for Attraction in Raigad District-A Geographical ge nerations. [2] These sacred groves act as gene Analysis” Research Front, An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, pools of this area, from whe re seeds were ISSN:2320-8341, National Se minar on dispersed. (WDIIR-Balwant College,Vita-26- Summery and Conclusion 27Aug.2016), Special Issue No-1,Aug-2016, To the stay of tourist for several days. Which pp.241-246. requires natural re-sources, infrastructural and 3. Bagade B. R. (July 2012):“ Eco-Tourism in transportation facilities, accommodation, fort, recreation, sightseeing, shopping and varie ty of Coorg: A Geographical Study” Geographical Eye of Union Geographic Information facilities and services for use and enjoyments? Technologists Volume-1 No-1.pp.01-07. The success of tourism depends on all these facilities. Disrictwise various tourist attractions 4. Bhatiya A.K. (1997): Tourism Development, in the district consisting of temples, forts, ports, Principles and Practices, Sterling, New festivals, fairs, art and handicraft, wa terfall, De lhi. caves, creeks, beaches, lakes, hill-stations etc. 5. Kulkarni D. (1998): Maharashtratil Week-long dream journey of Deccan odyssey Dharmic Sthane. and royal facilities provided to tourist. Eco tourism is environmentally responsible tourism, 6. Maharashtra Tourism Development which must incorporate the following key Corporation, Mumbai (2007-08) Pune elements (i) Nature based, (ii) Ecologically, Distric t. Socially, Culturally and Economically sustainable (iii) Educational and Interpretative 7. https://www.tourismguideindia.com/Pun (iv) Locally participatory. Various promotional e.html. activitie s we re conducted to encourage eco- tourism. Lastly about Overall Explained tourist Attractions and The tourism activity generates employment opportunities in various part of study area.

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