Traffic on major roads to be diverted in Pune for palkhi processions on Wednesday

  • | Tuesday | 28th June, 2016

PUNE: Traffic on some major and internal roads in the city will be closed and diverted on Wednesday (June 29) for the palkhi processions of Sant Tukaram Maharaj and Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj. The Sant Tukaram Maharaj palkhi will go via Solapur Road while the Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj palkhi will go via Saswad and Jejuri. "The Tukaram palkhi will halt at Nivdunga Vithoba temple in Nana Peth and the Dnyaneshwar palkhi will halt at Palkhi Vithoba Temple in Bhavani Peth on Thursday. The highway stretch will therefore remain closed in phases.The Dnyaneshwar palkhi will also leave on Wednesday morning from Alandi road. Hundreds of warkaris (devotees) will go with the palkhi processions.The Tukaram palkhi will leave the Vitthal Rakhumai temple in Akurdi on Wednesday morning and pass through Chinchwad, Pimpri, Kasarwadi, Dapodi, Khadki and Shivajinagar.

PUNE: Traffic on some major and internal roads in the city will be closed and diverted on Wednesday (June 29) for the palkhi processions of Sant Tukaram Maharaj and Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj. Hundreds of warkaris (devotees) will go with the palkhi processions.The Tukaram palkhi will leave the Vitthal Rakhumai temple in Akurdi on Wednesday morning and pass through Chinchwad, Pimpri, Kasarwadi, Dapodi, Khadki and Shivajinagar. The highway stretch will therefore remain closed in phases.The Dnyaneshwar palkhi will also leave on Wednesday morning from Alandi road. The roads which will be closed are Dighi Magazine to Alandi, Vadmukhwadi to Alandi Road-Panjarpol chowk, Bhosari, Kalas Phata to Alandi, Vishrantwadi to Alandi road junction, Sadalbaba dargah to Patil Estate road, Chandrama chowk to Alandi road, Holkar bridge to Chandrama chowk and Sapras chowky .The two palkhis will converge at Patil Estate chowk on the Pune-Mumbai highway. Thereafter, the two palkhis will follow each other while passing through the Patil Estate chowk to Engineering College Chowk, Sancheti Chowk, Simla office chowk, Veer Chapekar chowk and go via Fergusson college road from Dnyaneshwar Paduka Chowk, Tukaram Paduka Chowk, Khandujibaba Chowk, Tilak Chowk, Vijay theatre Chowk (Laxmi road), Sevasadan chowk, Belbaug chowk, Budhwar chowk, Pasodya Vithoba temple, Moti Chowk, Sonya Maruti chowk, Dulya Maruti Chowk and Nana Peth chowky ."The Tukaram palkhi will halt at Nivdunga Vithoba temple in Nana Peth and the Dnyaneshwar palkhi will halt at Palkhi Vithoba Temple in Bhavani Peth on Thursday. The traffic will be diverted and parking on the procession route will be banned," stated the traffic branch in a press release.The warkaris and the palkhis will halt in the city on Thursday and leave for Pandharpur on Friday morning. The Sant Tukaram Maharaj palkhi will go via Solapur Road while the Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj palkhi will go via Saswad and Jejuri.

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