Nigdi


Nigdi is a suburb of Pimpri Chinchwad, India.
Pimpri Chinchwad New Township Development Authority, area which is also known as Pradhikaran is a planned township. This total area is divided into several sectors. Although many areas of the city are added later. Pradhikaran mainly refers to the area starting from Durga hill - Bhakti-Shakti to Akurdi Railway station - Ganganagar, which includes Sector number 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 A, 27 and 28.
Main Roads: 'Spine Road'in Chinchwad MIDC and 'Ring Road'
Public Gardens: Sant Tukaram udyan, Sant Dhnyaneshwar udyan, Gajanan Maharaj Udyan, Raambaug and newly developed Sawarkar udyan & Sector 10 Community Park.

Places of interest

Gandhi Nursing Home- Sector 24
Sanfort pre school

Temples and Parks (Gardens)

of Pune Suburban Railway is in Sector-26 of Nigdi Pradhikaran. All local trains stops there. Nigdi is well connected to Pune City by buses leaving from Nigdi Bus terminal of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited. There are PMPML buses available to Swargate, Kothrud, Hinjawadi, Katraj, Bhosari, Pune Station, Yerwada, Hadapsar, Wadgaon, Talegaon, Shirgaon etc. Mumbai Pune highway goes through Nigdi.
Chinchwad Railway Station of Pune Suburban Railway is in Chinchwad near Nigdi.

Bhakti Shakti

Bhakti-Shakti is a collection of statues installed by PCMC, in memory of the meeting between great saint Tukaram Maharaj and Chatrapathi Shivaji. Bhakti-Shakti as a title represents union of spiritualism and power.
Historically Shivaji in his early days of 'Hindavi Swaraj' had come to Dehu to meet sant Tukaram to seek his blessings. This place is located on old Pune-Mumbai highway, sector 23, Nigdi.
Renowned sculptor Madan Garge of the Garge Art studio, Nashik, was assigned the work of making the statues. The height of the statues of Sant Tukaram and Chhatrapati Shivaji are 20-foot while the other statues stand at 10-foot. The statues weigh 22 metric tonnes. Statues are placed on a small hillock. Over the years this statue has become face of Pimpri-Chinchwad. Bhakti-Shakti opens in the morning at 6.00 AM to 8.00 AM and 5.00 PM to 8.30 PM in the evening.
Last 5 years there is encroachment around the sculpture by local slum area called Ota scheme. The slum dwellers have spoiled the area around. Also trucks are parked around by outsiders and bad smelling around the area.