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and Kalyani Nagar. During the Pre-independence era, the neighborhood was known as Dunkirk Lines. It has residential complexes, corporate offices, fine-dining restaurants, and shopping malls. The locality provides easy accessibility to work and leisure for its residents and also contains educational institutions like Symbiosis Law School, Pune. For these reasons it has one of the highest property rates in real estate in Maharashtra.

Location

Viman Nagar is located 8 kilometers North off the Pune Railway Station and 0.5 kilometers South off the Pune International Airport.

Geography

*Northbound: Pune International Airport *Westbound: Yerawada *Central: Lohagaon *Southbound: Vadgaon Sheri *Eastbound: Kharadi, Hadapsar, Wagholi

Demographics

Roads

The Pune-Ahmednagar Highway (Maharashtra State Highway 27/MH-SH-27) passes through Viman Nagar.

Hotels

Viman Nagar is home to the following International Chain of Hotels: * Hyatt Regency * Novotel *

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* Lemon Tree Hotels *The Hotel Hindusthan International

Educational Institutions

* Symbiosis Institute of Design * Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts * Symbiosis Law School * Symbiosis Institute of Business Management * Symbiosis School of Media & Communication

Nearby landmarks

* Pune International Airport * Viman Nagar Joggers' Park, Pune * Aga Khan Palace * Fly India Paramotor Club (Paragliding) * Phoenix Market City * Udaan Bio-Diversity Park by Zensar has collaborated with the Pune Municipal Corporation for transforming a 2 acre plot into a Bio-Diversity Park at Vimannagar on lease Basis. It has notable characteristics. ** The park is intended to be experiential and educative. It aims to engage each of the 5 senses. It uses colorful plants near the entrance welcomes visitors (sight), followed by a segment comprising medicinally therapeutic herbs (touch and taste), aromatic herbs (smell), the use of bird-friendly trees (sound) and a 500sqft water body (sight). ** The park is distinguished because of its encouragement of visitors to pluck and taste, rub and smell, extending interaction from the visual to the experiential. ** Through this experiential interaction, guided by signages to help, visitors can appreciate the therapeutic influence of

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or Neem leaves and learn about the plants as the source of various household remedies. ** The park attracts a number of schools on educational excursions. ** Another unique aspect of the Park is the trail with braille signages which help engage visually-challenged visitors. ** The park attracts more than 300 visitors a day comprising leisure walkers, picnickers, and students. * Viman Nagar Rollerskating Rink * Symbiosis International school, which also hosts notable sports fields: ** Named after a notable starting shooting guard of the SIS inter-school team, the "Shivansh Dutt Basketball Court" is positioned north-east of the campus. Shivansh went on to pursue his passion of playing Basketball in the city of

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after graduating. ** The "Ansh Kapadia Football Ground", named in honor of a Symbiosis International School alumnus football player, is located east of the campus. Ansh subsequently went on to play in

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CNG pumping stations

Water meter pilot project
Neighbourhoods in Pune