Beautiful!

the marathas were not deposed by the peshwas - 'peshwa' was the name of the post of the prime ministers of the maratha confederacy. as per the wiki entry - "...At the time of his death in 1749, Shahu made the Peshwas his successors under such conditions. Shivaji's descendants, who remained as the titular Raja of Satara, were called Swami (Marathi for The real Owner) by the Peshwas who reported to them, and they were to seek guidance from the Raja. However, the Peshwa also became a ceremonial head of state after the battle of Panipat and the death of Madhavrao..." so, there was no deposition of the marathas.

I think this is Shanipaar on Bajirao Road

शनीपारा जवळ मग विश्रामबाग वाडा हवा.

I think this is Shinde Par in Viraachee Taalim Chowk. Both ShaniPar and NaganathPar have small temples under the tree, in this picture none is there. If I am correct then this is a view from VishnuKrupa Magal Karyalay.

>> he marathas were not deposed by the peshwas - 'peshwa' was the name of the post of the prime ministers of the maratha confederacy. :-D As a aside -- Many of the captions in RBSI have such "howlers"; that is because they have been sourced from sources in Britain and elsewhere outside India written by British, who have deliberately had a interesting take on Indian history. Unfortunately we see people in India including here, parrot the same blindly.

Shanipar?

the building on the left resembles the one in camp. very very striking resemblance. will post a pic soon! and yes, the tree there is huge!

yeah, a pic would be great to compare, especially if you could match the tentative angle. but where in camp, though?

umm.. sir, am not too well verse with pune directions, will post a pic whenever i go to the city next! :) like i can tell you, when we go from fatima nagar to MG, we cross a similar building, if not this one.

What are the big bamboo things on the 2 houses on the left side?

Absolutely classic...

beautiful...

love the tree...would have been such a great feeling to sit under it in those days...:)

Lovely !

हा पुण्याचा कसबा असावा..कसबा किंवा शनिवार पेठेचा वेशीबाहेरचा परिसर..नागनाथपार ते शनिपार रस्ता हा किमान 1871 पासूनतरी गायआळी म्हणूनच ओऴखला जातो..इथे एकपण गाय दिसत नाही... :)

जॉनकाकांनी हे चित्र जरा उंचावरुन काढल्यासारखे वाटतेय़..दुस-या झाडाच्या पारावर बसून किंवा झाडावरुनच बहुदा..:)

Those days must really be blissful...very good painting

Peshwas did not dipose Marathas, they were the Prime ministers of Maratha dynasty!! And they ruled not only Maharashtra but almost the whole of North India!! But the painting is great. I wonder what are the bamboos with something hanging at the top for.

zad vadache ahe, pimplache nahi.

Lovely photograph

What a beautiful water color of Poona, thanks so much for posting it RBSoI

I think is a nice puzzle and it can be solved Things we know till now – place – Poona, 1871 Assumption – we are assuming the “pars” are generally not destroyed, the wadas may be, the roads will typically be retained till eternity, may be widened a bit Deductions – Time : I would place it around 10:00am in morning, typical time to paint, rather than assuming the late evening time, does not look like that if you see what the people are doing Direction : judging from the shadows casred westward, we are looking towards North Very Imp clue- We also see the “wad tree” sitting on a T junction, with the T limb pointing east Make a List: – It most likely will be “peth”, We make a list of all “pars” shani-par, nagnath-par, and such, Cross out all on “ + “ junctions, and also cross out all on T junctions pointing west, we should get a very focused list of couple of names Architecture – cross check to see it the “pars” have a 3 level stone stricture – with the top capping layer over hanging a bit We can kind of estimate the l x b of the “par” relatively looks like 12 feet x 12 feet – yes square Location: the structure at the center vanishing point has a unique roof shape, not linear, but round/dome. If possible ( might not exisit if not a temple) identify such building north of the “par” by 6 “wadas” length – may be in all 200 feet. Also looking at the people – mostly women ( pretty peculiar ) and stuff they are carrying, does not look like they are coming from a pooja – so it being a temple rules out! Also the houses have the high sill heights – like the ones in kasba peth – to aid horse man mount/dismount – not typically in sadashiv peth, Good clues so far – no small temple at bottom of tree, does not look like gay-ali, thatwould have made the picture The two bamboo poles jutting out do intrigue me !!! My 7 cents

Jeevak Badve : ...Admirable patience and analysis !

Simply amazed at the people of Poona and their love for their city !! Truly laudable !

Peshwas were Marathas themselves..they fought for maratha empire where they ruled from Narmada in North to tungabhadra in south with extra chauthai (taxed under Marath empire)..for teriitory beyond Delhi and Tanjavoor in south!!--They were the Primeministers of great Shivaji's dynasty and had extended their regime till Atak which is now on Afghanistan border!! We cannot forget the great sacrifice given by them during Panipat war along withmillions of Marathas...This guy must have been fooled by some local naghty or may be lost himeself in translation...

BTW let us thank John for this wonderful pic and forgive him for his innocent 'mistake'

Jeevak : when you come down next, we should get into an auto and hunt out this location. might take only a couple of hours at the outer. would be an interesting exercise!

will do ;)

I doubt if this is shaniwar, sadashiv, or any of the other 'high-class' areas of that time. Notice -- A dog in the doorstep. Unusual for a 'peTHii' house. The lack of male subjects. The way almost all the women are wearing sarees suggest they're working class women. Not a common occurence in the peTH. The woman in the foreground looks like she's wearing a salwar-kameez. A definite no-no in the peTH. At the same time, the presence of two-three storied houses suggests an affluent neighborhood. Methinks Raviwar/Nana Peth and southwards.