Budhwar Peth

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Budhwar Peth is one of many commercial localities in the city of Pune. Budhwar Peth houses a sizeable population of sex workers. This area has the largest number of electronics shops in Pune. You can also call this as the largest Radio Shack of Pune.

For some period Pune was ruled by the Delhi's Badshah Aurangzeb. When Aurangzeb attacked Pune at that time he had inhabited Budhwar Peth in the year 1660. In his era this Peth was known as 'Mohitabad' / 'Moheyabad'. Thorale Madhavrao Peshwa made developments and renamed it as Budhwar Peth when they got the Power in their hand. 'Vishram baugh Wada', 'Belbaugh' and 'Gramdevata Jogeshwari' are the historical proofs of Budhawar Peth. It is said that when Shivaji got married to Saibai, first they gave visit to Gramdevata Jogeshwari. Today it is a business area particularly for electrical goods market, Books and traditional things. Some of the famous Places over here are Shri Jogeshwari Temple,Dagdusheth Ganapati Temple, N.M.V High School, Laxmi road, Appa Balwant Chowk. The Dagdusheth Ganapati Temple (Ganesha Temple) is believed to be the richest amongst the other Ganesh Temples. The Lord Ganesha icon in the temple is worshipped for obstacle removal. It is also laden with several lakhs of rupees of gold.

The place also boasts of being the producing hub of automated taxi meters for most of the autos/rented car in India.

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