Okayama Friendship Garden - Pu La Deshpande Udyan

The Okayama garden is located on Sinhagad road Pune. This Japanese style garden is one of the largest gardens in Pune which builds on a 10 acres area and best place to visit in Pune. Garden is also known with the name Pu La Deshpande Udyan. It named after a very famous Marathi writer and most humourist person Pu La Deshpande from Maharashtra, India who honored by the Indian government with the "Padma Bhushan" award in 1990.

Okayama Friendship Pu La Deshpande Garden
Pune Okayama friendship garden is a symbol of Indo-Japanese friendship between cities of Pune and Okayama. Okayama garden has been featured in many Marathi and Bollywood movies.
Continent:
Asia
Country:
India
State:
Maharashtra
District:
Pune
City:
pune
Entry Fee/ Ticket Price:

Rs. 5

Duration:
2 hr
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Okayama Friendship Garden - Pu La Deshpande Udyan Address / Location: Sinhgad Rd, Pune Okayama Friendship Garden, Dattawadi, Pune, Maharashtra 411030

Timings:

Garden opens in the morning from 6:00 am to 10:30 am and 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the evening

How to reach by Train?

The closest railway station to garden is Pune railway station which is located around 8.7 km

How to reach by Air?

The nearest airport to garden is the Pune airport which is around 15 km from the garden

How to reach by Road?

Garden is only 4.2 km away from Swargate (Pune) bus stand which is well-connected to big cities

Biggest Japanese Garden in Pune:

This biggest Japanese garden is extremely well-developed and organized with trees and flowering plants. Visitors can see the garden landscape. Visitors are not allowed to walk on the lawn. The garden is very beautiful and clean and has a natural flow of water from the canal which keeps the water of ponds clean. Waterfall, ponds, artificial hillocks, and the forest becomes a big attraction of Okayama garden. While taking photos and selfies on the bridges you can see different types of bright red, orange-colored fishes

You can spend good quality time with your family, friends, or colleagues. You can take rest or photos on wooden pergolas. "Pu La Deshpande" garden becomes a very busy place on weekends or on school or public holidays.
 

Things To Do/See

  1. You need to take permission with Rs. 500 tickets from the Peshwe park office for a special photoshoot. You can do photo sessions with professional photographers for "Maternity", "Pre-Wedding" shoot, or special occasion shoot. As there are two gardens "Friendship Garden" and "Mughal Garden", authority allows us to perform photo shoots only one garden at a time.
  2. You can also visit "Butterfly Park" which is only 4.1 km away from this garden.

Suggestion

  1. The Garden is spread in a 10 acres area which is very big and beautifully organized. It may take a minimum of 2 hr to explore all areas of this garden. We suggest you visit early morning or early evening so that you can see all spots including waterfall, ponds, artificial hillocks, and forests.
  2. Keep some snacks and water bottles with you which you can enjoy while enjoying the garden landscape. Please keep the garden clean and keep using dustbins.

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