Chitar Oli, Nagpur: History of the City’s Artisan Street
Everyone in Nagpur knows Chitar Oli as the place to buy a Ganpati idol. Almost nobody knows it’s a 250-year-old artisan street with a craft history far bigger than festival season.
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A New Town Hall, Named After the King Who Founded Nagpur
मराठीत वाचा: नागपुरात उभारला जातोय नवा टाऊन हॉल — शहर वसवणाऱ्या राजाच्या नावाने → Ask most Nagpurkars what’s happening at the old Town Hall site in Mahal, and you’ll get a version of “it’s being renovated.” That’s not quite right. What the Nagpur Municipal Corporation is actually building there is a brand-new civic hall —…
