Parks of Pune -III(Butterfly Garden)

I never thought that Pune has a butterfly park. So i was surprised when i found a butterfly park while searching for some other place on Google. On a weekend we thought of checking out the butterfly park. My kid was super excited, he kept chanting 'butterfly park'

picnic @ hadashi Temple

It is that time of the year when I was yearning for a picnic. I was looking for a place where kids have open place to play and outside food is allowed. I want to pick a place which I was planning to visit from long back. Hadashi temple looked like an ideal choice. 

Kid friendly : Yes

Outside food Allowed: Yes

Washrooms Available: Yes

Route : Medium

Hadashi temple is maintained by Sri Satya Sai trust, one can find Rukhmini and vittal mandir on the first floor. There is a bhajan room for Satya Sai baba and Shirdi Sai baba. We went to have a look, the thought that silence has to be maintained took back seat. As soon as kids entered with us they were shouting and running and we were anxious to keep them quiet. It was a tiresome task so we exited the room fast..:) There was store just beside the meditation room where organic sugar, organic peanuts were sold. We were told that they were harvested from the fields belonging to the trust. There was also garlands for decoration purpose.

There was provision for canteen too, but it is closed. I read in other blog that the canteen serves good snacks, lets hope we can have a taste later.

There is a small pond behind the temple where boating is allowed. We strolled along the pathways for sometime and settled near a nice shady spot to have our lunch. Their is also a small pond filled with lotus flowers. We spent some time in the lawn till evening and tried boating. The boating experience was good. 
If you have visited in a large group then you can opt for a large motor boat. We chose peddling boat. They also provided life jackets and the cost was nominal.

There is also a museum in the same premises. You can find it first after coming from parking area. We opted not to visit the museum.
If you are interested you can visit nearby places(Pavana Dam, Tung Fort) too on the same day.

Nice place to visit for a one day picnic.