Pune Trip Overview
ImmerseGo offers Impact tours around Arts, Culture and Sustainability. These tours are first of their kind thematic storytelling weaving an interesting mesh of history, performing arts, craft, textiles, architecture and food to enable you to relive how India would have been in its yore and how it has evolved over the years through discussions with artisans, historians and ethnographers.
ImmerseGo Culture Tours enable to bring to the fore a dialogue with artisans and stories around culture, heritage, rituals, customs, gender, urban issues, economics, migration in a context. Lasya is a window to Pune.
These tours will enable you to view India, you will never see through its monuments and markets but will allow you to feel India and heal India by creating the impact that every journey can.
All the tours upskill artisans and build income generating opportunities for traditional artisans in order to provide an interesting experience to tourists.
Look forward to hosting you.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Pune, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Pune, Maharashtra, India
ImmerseGo offers Impact tours around Arts, Culture and Sustainability. These tours are first of their kind thematic storytelling weaving an interesting mesh of history, performing arts, craft, textiles, architecture and food to enable you to relive how India would have been in its yore and how it has evolved over the years through discussions with artisans, historians and ethnographers.
ImmerseGo Culture Tours enable to bring to the fore a dialogue with artisans and stories around culture, heritage, rituals, customs, gender, urban issues, economics, migration in a context. Lasya is a window to Pune.
These tours will enable you to view India, you will never see through its monuments and markets but will allow you to feel India and heal India by creating the impact that every journey can.
All the tours upskill artisans and build income generating opportunities for traditional artisans in order to provide an interesting experience to tourists.
Look forward to hosting you.
Itinerary
Day 1: Maratha Patronage in its Capital: The Craft and Architecture of Pune
Stop At: Vishram Bagh Waada Palace, Sadashiv Peth, Pune India
The Marathas were warriors as much they were patrons of everything arts, craft, heritage and culture.
The seat of the Marathas, Pune can be brought to life through a fascinating account of anecdotal stories, history of the place, its people, its architecture to hear stories of how it has evolved or has stood still in time over the years.
ImmerseGo would be taking you on a trip down memory lane or “history-lane” to show you the Wadas of Pune by one of the best historians and history authors of Pune or as we call him “Pune’s Secret Keeper”.
The walk would be in the Old Town of Pune unearthing facts, stories and mysteries of its traditional houses, Wadas and the Maharashtrian culture that evolved over the period. It would also include a walk to the printing press that was used by Tilak during the Indian Freedom Struggle.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tulshibaug, Budhwar Peth, Pune, Maharashtra, India
After having explored the Wadas of Pune, we will explore the by-lanes of the Coppersmiths cluster. As you walk past the cluster or engage with a coppersmith, you would hear the symphony of beating the copper vessel to perfection by all the coppersmiths in unison.
The music, the rhythm reminds you of the toil behind each vessel and the colour reminds you of the beauty that is the fruit of hard work.
As we visit this craft cluster, we will have history and ethonographic walk, artist engagements and of course some time for shopping!!!
These walks we call “Impact Walks” as we would be supporting the last generation of coppersmiths using traditional craftsmanship. Through our walks, it is our endeavour to bring the “honour” back to hand-work as many artisans feel more than income there is lack of honour.
Let us come together to support these artisans, who build masterpieces for luxury hotels, plush offices with their magical hands.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, 1377-78, Natu Baug, Pune 411002 India
Do you remember the Bollywood hit Bajirao Mastani? What an epic movie it was! Though everything in the movie may not be true representation of the Maratha way of life, warfare but you get some perspective, nonetheless!
Mastani’s character caught our attention. Annndd what if we tell you that we would take you to her house!! Yes, you heard it right!
We were excited to see her house, which has been carefully preserved and we cannot wait to take you around.
Alongwith the Mastani Mahal, a beautiful collection of rare musical instruments, paintings, craft, textiles and whole lot of rare masterpieces await you.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: Authentic Maharashtrian cuisine
Accommodation included: The Oakwood Hotel or similar centrally located 3-star hotels
Day 2: Maratha Patronage: The Textiles, craft of Maharashtra
Stop At: Laxmi Road, Pune India
Culture immersion is incomplete without deep diving into the textiles of a community, understanding the patterns, prints, motifs and textures.
We would explore the textiles of Maharashtra with one of region’s renowned Textile Expert, who would take us through the living journeys of these textiles, stories of origin and evolution and share with us valuable insights as to how to identify genuine Paithani silk!
If tying a Nauvari saree has been your long lost wish, then look no further as ImmerseGo would be sharing lessons on Nauvari 101.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Phule Market, Pune India
After Maharashtrian textiles, we will explore the craft clusters of Pune that had received patronage of the Marathas: Burud Ali and Kumbharwada as we will pass by the Mula-Mutha river
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tulshibaug, Budhwar Peth, Pune, Maharashtra, India
We will then visit the historic market of Tulsibaug for a walking tour and the Neo-Gothic architecture of the Phule Mandai
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch: Authentic Maharashtrian cuisine
Accommodation included: The Oakwood Hotel or similar centrally located 3-star hotels
Day 3: Lasya: The grace of Lavani
Stop At: Sanaswadi, Maharashtra 412216, India
Today, we wil explore what taketh Lavani so beautiful, graceful yet power packed
Today, we let you slip into the cultural ethos of 18th century #maharashtra by reliving the magic of the Baithaks and witnessing the grace, beauty, and thunder of Lavani performances in its original Avatar.
On this journey, you will experience a melodious yet refreshing interlude to city-life, listening to legends surrounding Lavani, and life stories that nurture it. You will get to peek into the lives of these sensuous divas and learn first-hand what makes them electrifying on stage!
The day would include a never-seen-before electrifying Lavani performance, artists engagement and storytelling, history of Lavani its evolution ethos by renowned culture ethnographer Bhushan Korgaonkar, delicious Maharashtrian cuisine, Lavani workshop by National Awardees and a whole lot more…..
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: Traditional lip smacking Maharashtrian cuisine as served with love by the artists
Accommodation included: The Oakwood Hotel or similar centrally located 3-star hotels
