About Raipur
Pune to Raipur distnce : 990 km
Estimated travel time : 21 hours
Pune to Raipur is the very popular route for both business and tourism. Raipur is a hub of Steel, aluminium and coal industries on one hand and on other hand its known for its temples, lakes, spring, surrounding forest and wildlife.
Being the capital city of Chhattisgarh and strategically located at center of the state, Raipur is of extreme importance for business travellers. The outskirts of city is being developed as a planned city named Naya Raipur. As Chhattisgarh is largely a forested region, a special attention is paid to ecological balance of Raipur, making it a beautiful multi cultural and multi religious society. It is also a base station or gat for exploring surrounding attractions like Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Dandak Caves, Bilaspur, Chitrakoot Falls, Amarkantak, Bhilai, Kanha National Park and the Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuary. The most famous one is Turturiya Spring located in the Turturiya village surrounded by dense forest. Raipur equally attracts history and architecture enthusiasts with ruins dating back to the 8th century AD and the Brahmanical ruins belonging to a much later period. Raipur is of immense religious importance with nearby places like Champaran village which is the birth place of the revered Saint Vallabhacharya, founder of the Vallabh sect, Laxman Temple of 7th century, Gandheswar Temple. Raipur is also known for its various festivals like Hareli, Champaran Mela, Pola and Teeja that are celebrated during monsoons.
Taxi from Pune to Raipur is readily available at CabBazar.
Route Information
Pune to Raipur by car is well connected through Aurangabad - Nagpur road and is very convenient and comfortable drive. Pune to Raipur distance is 990 Km and is 21 hours journey. Other famous tourist places on this route and nearby are :
Ranjangaon - Ranjangaon Maha Ganpati Mandir
Ahmednagar - Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar Fort
Shani Shingnapur - Lord Shanidev Temple
Aurangabad - tourism capital of Maharashtra. Base for Ajanta & Ellora
Daulatabad - Daulatabad Fort, Devgiri
Jalna - famous for pilgrimage. A number of temples and masjid
Ellora - Ellora caves, Grishneshwar Temple
Akola - Asadgad, Raj Rajeshwar temple, Gajanan Maharaj Mandir
Amravati - Wadali Talav, Chatri Talao, Ambadevi and Ekvira devi Mandir, Bamboo Garden
Gurudwara Kondhali
Wardha - Gandhi Hill, Geetai Mandir, Magan Sanghralaya Samiti, Mahavir Garden
Nagpur - City of Oranges, Deekshabhoomi, Tiger Capital of India
Sakoli - Nagzira lake, Nagzira National Park or Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary
Navegaon National Park - Navegaon Bandh Bird Sanctuary
Dongargarh - Maa Bamleshwari Mandir, Pragyagiri Budha statue, Pragyagiri Talab, garden
Bhilai - Bhilai Steel Plant (SAIL), Deobalod (ancient Shiv Mandir), Maitri Bagh
Turturiya - Turturiya Mata temple, Turturiya Dam, Turturiya Spring
Champaran - Prakatya Baithakji Mandir, Mool Prakatya or Chatti Baithak
Sirpur - Laxman Temple, Gandheswar Temple, Surang Tila
Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary