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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Ramtek Temple, Nagpur: The Complete Visitor Guide
Ramtek’s hilltop temple town, about 50 km from Nagpur, has been a place of pilgrimage for over 1,600 years â a Vakataka-era religious capital, Kalidasa’s possible Ramagiri, and Lord Ram’s own chosen dwelling by legend.
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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 —…
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Zero Mile Stone, Nagpur: History & the “Center of India” Claim
Nagpur’s Zero Mile Stone is the city’s most-repeated claim to fame — “the center of India.” Here’s the real history behind the stone, and why that claim isn’t as settled as it sounds.
