Nagpur
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Nagpur is a city in Maharashtra State, India famous for its Nagpur oranges. It is the headquarters of the Vidarbha division. It is also the "second capital" of Maharashtra state, which means that some administrative functions are carried out here, and one of three sessions of the Legislative Assembly in a year occur here.
[edit] Understand
Summers can be way to hot & winters can be somewhat cold so ensure that you have appropriate clothing.People are friendly in nature & do have plenty of time to help & navigate you across the city.City has one of the best Infrastucture & traffic woes are really a distant dream here.
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[edit] Train
Nagpur is the center of India. zero milestone of India is located in the city. It is almost equidistant from all the major metros. Nagpur is connected with all major cities with trains several times a day. Trains run through the day to all parts of the country. All metros are more or less an overnight journey.
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- Nagpur airport[1] is just 7 km from the city-centre. is connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Raipur, Nashik, Bangalore, Ahemadabad, Indore, Pune, Bangkok (Thailand), Sharjah (UAE), Doha(Qatar) and Dubai(UAE). Host of airlines fly in and out of Nagpur.
Indian Airlines operates twice daily to Mumbai, Delhi and thrice-weekly to Kolkata and Hyderabad. Jet Airways has two daily flights to Mumbai and one every evening to Delhi. Air Deccan operates daily a direct flight from Mumbai with the Airbus A320 flight. Also there are flights from Mumbai to Kolkata which has a stop at Nagpur.
Many new airlines, namely Indigo Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines have started operations recently (Aug 2006).
Air Arabia has started flying to Nagpur. They operate five times a week, slated to become daily soon. Indian Airlines also has started a direct Nagpur-Bangkok flight twice a week. Direct flights to Singapore are slated to start in June 2006 on Silk Air.
Nagpur is also a Haj terminal and in season Air India operates 747s direct to Jeddah.
Recently Qatar Airways have announced launching of Nagpur - Doha bi-weekly flights.
[edit] Get around
[edit] Rickshaw
The best way to get around are the yellow and black 3 wheeled taxicabs known as the Autorickshaws or simply Rickshaws. Hollering 'Auto' or 'Rickshaw' at a passing Rickshaw should be enough to catch the drivers attention. In most cases the drivers would be able to understand Hindi and maybe even a few words of English. They are normally quite helpful and are not known to cheat tourists. There are taxis (cabs) available at the Airport and Railway Station. You can also rent a "Qualis", a slang generic term for a SUV-taxi named after the common Toyota Qualis(but now are available as many other brands, such as the Chevy and India's own luxury brand, Mahindra). Normally they are offered with a driver, and they will stay with you all day, week, or even month if you'd like. This chauffeur can normally understand English, and knows the city very well.
[edit] Car
You can easily visit Nagpur through Car. There are many Car Rental Companies available which Provide world Class Services.
- Enterprises Car Rental
- Savaari Car Rental
- Hertz Car Rental
[edit] Bus
For using the local buses, you will need to know the routes and numbers. You can take help from people standing on bus stops (usually people are helpful and may be able to communicate in English). Besides, buses are the most common transport facility for the common people in the city and hence they are overcrowded at times. now STAR BUS service started here also. Bus mainly go to Buldi station from there u can conveniently to other places.Frequency of City buses are quite good enough to reach local destinations and suburbs area.
[edit] Talk
The local language is Marathi. Hindi is understood by almost everyone and English is prevelant to educated people. Nagpur city had a literacy rate of 89.3% in 2001, which is quite high by Indian standards, as Nagpur is a major education centre in Central India that attracts students from all over the country. English is at least partially understood by most people in the tourist industry.
[edit][add listing] See
- Ambazari lake and garden
- Shri Ganesha Temple near Railway station
- Mata mandir in Koradi is near from Nagpur
- Dragon Temple in Kamptee
- Shri Shantinath Jain Temple in Ramtek
- Telankadi or Futala Lake.
- Kasturchand Park.
- The botanical gardens.
- Shukrawari Lake.
- Telankhedi Hanuman Temple & Gardens.
- Telankhedi Shiv Mandir.
- Ramtek fort temple is near from Nagpur.
- Dhamma Chakra stupa(Diksha Bhumi).
- Taj Bagh
- RSS headquarter at Reshimbagh.
- Raman Science Center
- Maharaj Bagh
- Lake garden Sakkardara.
- Japanese rose garden
- Musical Garden
- Seminary Hills & Air Force Station
- Parsi Cemetery
- NEERI Campus
- Pavnar (About 50 km westwards from Nagpur)
- Sadar Nagpur
- Bohra Masjid it is very big and beautiful mosque, at Itwari
- It has world class cricket Stadium controlled by Vidarbha Cricket Association, popularly known as "VCA".
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Come for morning walk at seminary hills garden walking track, and spend your evenings along Futala lake.
- Narrow Gauge Rail Museum, Kadbi Chowk, Kamptee Road. It is a Rail Museum having old & Haritage articles of Indian Railway, Old Steam Engines, coaches, saloons and many more things related to Narrow Gauge Indian Railway. A very good garden is there with a Toy Train. It is a very good Rail Museum for childrens for the knowledge of Indian Railway edit
[edit][add listing] Buy
During summers don't forget to buy Oranges. Nagpur is easily called "Orange City" of India. If you are missing summer, then try Orange Burfi, a milk based sweet with orange flavor.
Itwari, Sitabuldi, Sadar and Dharampeth areas are especially known as shopping areas due to the large number of shops and pavement hawkers in these areas. Bargain is MUST incase you are not familiar with the area. Sunday Foot path market is a very good market at Sitabuldi for shopping household things.
Nagpur is also famous for Cotton articles. Various handicrafts mostly cotton based can be purchased from Sitabuldi, Itwari.
[edit][add listing] Eat
Nagpur has a lot of good places to eat.
For Non-Veg, many hotels in Momin pura (This neighbourhood is a must visit during month of Ramzan), Sadar, specially Biryanies, Babbu Hotel, M.L.A Canteen, Tanveer Hotel, Babban Hotel and may more in Mominpura. Hotel AlZam-Zam in C A Road. each of these hotels have branches in many places in nagpur.
The best continental can be savoured at 10 Downing Street in Ramdas Peth and Fountain Sizzlers & Bistro for amazing sizzlers. Mount Road near Sadar is the best hang-out for foodies. Ashoka for continental or Indian, Nanking for Chinese, Barbecue for Punjabi (Indian), Veeraswamy's and Kamat for South-Indian Food. 'Zinq' an Italian restro-lounge is a great place for authentic Italian food. Zinq has also opened 'Masala' and 'China' restaurants recently for Indian and Chinese cuisine respectively. V5, a group of 5 different restaurants including a bar, a family restaurant and a disco is a neat establishment. Also Village Tadka on outer ring road serves excellent Saoji cuisine.
Haldiram's is also a good place to eat it also provides packed Food for Air/Railway Passengers. Some of the restaurants of the hotels also offer a great dinner opportunity like Tuli's 'Frontier Post' for Afghani food(peshawari naan and Frontier dal recommended) and LB's 'Drums of Heaven'. The Pride Hotel, a favourite amongst air-travelers due to its proximity to the airport, holds numerous food festivals throughout the year for food conneussiers. For food on the run The Kathi Crossing near VCA Ground, Poonam Chambers Byramji Town, Pratap Nagar and LAD Collge offer amazing rolls which are a meal in themselves.
A special recipe of Chicken known as "Saoji Chicken" is one of the famous dishes which you will get exclusively in Nagpur. It is very spicy dish.
For street food, roadside carts are lined up with pani puri, Chat, Pav Bhaji and the Indianised version of Chinese noodles and Manchurian at Bajaj nagar and Yeshwant Stadium. It has one of the biggest Grocery market in Central India near Shaheed Chowk. Shaheed chowk(square) is also very famous in the night for variety of street foods.
There is also a place for people who are on tight on budget namely " Calcutta Rolls " it is located in Sadar and one near Shankar Nagar Square.
[edit][add listing] Drink
One can find numerous places in Nagpur for variety of drinks. Almost, all the hotels in City are fully licensed. There is lot of diversity amongst the drinks, one will find here.
[edit][add listing] Sleep
Since its a booming economy for Nagpur, many of the good hotels have set up their businesses here. There are many hotels ranging from Budget to Star. MTDC counters at Railway Station and Airport will be able to help you find a good place to sleep. Below are few good hotels where a good bargain can be obtained.
- Hotel Center Point,
- Hotel Pride,
- Hotel Tuli International,
- Hotel LB,
- Hotel Airport Center Point,
- Hotel Heritage
- Hotel Siddhartha Inn, 90 Central Avenue, Near Agrasen Sqaure, Gandhibagh, Nagpur - 440018 (Maharashtra, India), ☎ (0712) 2727488, [2]. Hotel Siddhartha Inn is centrally situated in the industrial market area. Nagpur Airport is just 15 min drive and Railway Station is just 2 Km. Each of 25 Rooms are Centrally Air Conditioned & elegantly furnished. Specialty Restaurant with an exotic ambience serving South Indian, Finest Indian, Chinese Cuisines taking care of your personalised services. edit
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