Kalewadi

Kalewadi (Marathi: काळेवाडी) is a suburb of Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra, about 15 km from Pune Railway Station. Kalewadi is connected to Pimpri by Pavna bridge, to Chinchwad via Hedgewar Bridge, to Wakad via Kalewadi phata, and to Rahatani. Kalewadi consist of areas mainly Nadhe Nagar, Vijay Nagar,Jyotiba Nagar,Kokane Nagar,Pavana Nagar,Tapkir Nagar.

About

The name of Kalewadi is derived from name of farmers mainly from family "Kale". People at Kalewadi celebrates Bulls festival "Pola", Navratra mahotsav, Ganapati festival, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti with the unity and great enthusiasm .Farmers who originally belong to Kalewadi include Nadhe, Kale, Kokane, Tapkir, Nakhate,etc. Nadhe constitute majorityof the farmer community.Was represented in PCMC by efficient persons like Babasaheb Tapkir,Suresh NadhePatil,Ankush kokane.Village celebrates annual fair of Peer.Nadhepatil family celebrates bagad utsav.

Schools, colleges and restaurants
  • Nirmal Bethany High School,Vijay Nagar, Kalewadi.
  • Parvati English Medium High School.
  • EuroSchool Wakad
  • Om Saint High School
  • Kalewadi PCMC Primary School[1]
  • M.M. Secondary School Kalewadi[1]
  • SMT. Laxmibai Tapkir Secondary School[1]
  • Alphonsa High School, Vijay Nagar, Kalewadi.
  • Nanz Restaurant (South Indian Food)
  • Rodger's School
  • baby's English high school

Temples
  • Hanuman mandir Near NadhePatil Residence.
  • Durga Mata Mandir
  • Radha Krishna Temple
  • Ayyapa Mandir
  • Jain Mandir
  • Dhangarbaba Mandir
  • ST. Alphonsa Church, Vijay Nagar, Kalewadi.
  • Panch Peer Chowk Main Road of kalewadi

See also

References
  1. "Schools". Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation portal. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2011.

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