Budhwar Peth, Pune

Budhwar Peth is one of many commercial localities in the old city of Pune, India. The area is located in the heart of the city has a high number of electronics shops, and is known for its red-light district. Three out of the five important Ganesh Mandals (Mana che Ganpati) i.e. Jogeshwari Ganpati, Guruji Talim Mandal, Tulshibaug Ganpati are located here, as is Appa Balwant Chowk, known as ABC.

Budhwar Peth
Suburb
Budhwar Peth is located in Maharashtra
Budhwar Peth
Budhwar Peth
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18.517°N 73.858°E / 18.517; 73.858
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictPune
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
411 002
Telephone code91(020)
Vehicle registrationMH 12

History

For some period, Pune was ruled by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in mid to late 1600s. When Aurangzeb attacked Pune, he camped Budhwar Peth in 1660. During Mughal rule, this Peth was known as Mohitabad or Moheyabad. Peshwa Madhavrao I (1761- 1773) renamed it as Budhwar Peth. Tulshibaug, Belbaugh and the Jogeshwari temple are some of the historical landmarks of Budhwar peth from the Peshwa era.

The Bhide Wada, located near Limbraj Maharaj Temple hosted the first school for girls in Maharashtra. The school was started by Savitribai and Jyotiba Phule in January 1848.

Economy

Budhwar Peth is a business area particularly for electrical goods market, books and traditional items. Places of interest include; Tambdi Jogeshwari Temple, N.M.V High School, part of Laxmi Road, the main shopping area of inner Pune, Appa Balwant Chowk and Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati temple, which is believed to be the richest amongst all Ganesh Temples with the Lord Ganesha icon laden with several | of rupees of gold.

Red-light district

Budhwar Peth houses India's third largest red-light district.[1] It has been estimated to contain about 700 brothels[2] and 5,000 prostitutes.[1] The area suffers from sex trafficking,[3] child prostitution[4] and police corruption.[5] HIV was formerly a large problem, but an HIV/AIDS programme,[6] including education and condom distribution has resulted in a considerably reduced HIV prevalence.[7]

See also

References
  1. "8 Most Notorious Red Light Areas In India Where Prostitution Is The Only Way Of Living - Stressbuster". DailyHunt. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. Muralidharan, Shrikanth; Acharya, Arunkumar; Sevekari, Tejaswi; Wadwan, Sanaa; Joglekar, Noopur Rajiv; Margabandhu, Shanthi (2018). "Prevalence of Soft-Tissue Lesions among Women in Sex Work in the Red Light Area of Pune, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey". Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry. 8 (3): 218–223. doi:10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_46_18. ISSN 2231-0762. PMC 5985677. PMID 29911058.
  3. More, Archana (31 March 2018). "Pune cops book 24 sex traffickers under MCOCA". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. "Pune sex racket: Teens forced into prostitution for Rs 30,000". KANNADIGA WORLD. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. Sahni, Rohini; Shankar, V. Kalyan; Apte, Hemant (2008). Prostitution and Beyond: An Analysis of Sex Workers in India. SAGE Publications India. pp. 229–230. ISBN 9788132100362.
  6. Higgins, Christina; Norton, Prof Bonny (2009). Language and HIV/AIDS. Multilingual Matters. pp. 125–126. ISBN 9781847693839.
  7. Mascarenhas, Anuradha (13 December 2011). "Budhwar Peth: HIV prevalence down from 41% to 13% in 3 yrs - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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