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Pune, India
5 customs and traditions in Pune — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
Pune's public Ganesh festival, organised into competing mandals, was the model Bombay copied.
Maharashtrian folk performance with a fast rhythm and a satirical streak.
Foot pilgrimages to Pandharpur pass through, hundreds of thousands walking with palkhis.
The city has a reputation, largely earned, for shopkeepers' signs that are blunt to the point of comedy.
The Sawai Gandharva festival each December is one of India's most serious Hindustani music events.
