{"id":1406,"date":"2013-08-05T00:20:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T00:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2013-08-05T00:20:16","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T00:20:16","slug":"sunday-shopping-in-pune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/?p=1406","title":{"rendered":"Sunday shopping in Pune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we took a rickshaw across town to do some shopping.  Nana, a highly recommended rickshaw driver who many of the students from the Institute have used, picked us up at 9am.<\/p>\n<p>Across the Mula-Mutha River.<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-051710.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-051710.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-051710.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFirst stop, Nana bought us chai from what he called the best chai place in Pune.<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-051816.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-051816.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-051816.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-051834.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-051834.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-051834.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-051849.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-051849.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-051849.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSharon, Nana and me.<\/p>\n<p>2nd stop &#8211; the perfumery for incense and oils.<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052000.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052000.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-052000.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052024.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-052024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNext, the kitchen store.<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052116.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052116.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-052116.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWagh &#038; Sons Jewellers.<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052200.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-052200.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052415.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-052415.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-052415.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Wagh &#038; Sons has been in business since the 1930s and is Guruji&#8217;s jeweller.  Mr. Wagh (1st picture) is a student at the Institute and recognized us when we walked in.  Notice they&#8217;re sitting on cushions behind the counter.  I&#8217;m having two pendants made and will have to return next week to pick them up.<\/p>\n<p>We also went to another store where I got a Patanjali statue for my yoga studio.  This was the most important thing I wanted to acquire while here.  Sorry, I didn&#8217;t take any pictures here.<\/p>\n<p>On the way back, Nana stopped for us at a Ganesha temple:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053317.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053317.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-053317.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053332.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053332.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-053332.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053349.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053349.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-053349.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>The above brass Kurma (tortoise) was in the floor, about 4 feet in diameter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053457.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053457.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-053457.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053517.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053517.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-053517.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Above, the ceiling.<br \/>\nAnd below, on the exterior of the building.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053559.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053559.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-053559.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053619.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053619.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-053619.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053637.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053637.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-053637.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053654.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130805-053654.jpg\" alt=\"20130805-053654.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI took many other pictures from the rickshaw along the way that I&#8217;ll share throughout the week since my weekdays will be yoga-filled, and not a lot of getting around town to sightsee.<\/p>\n<p>Today &#8211; 7am asana with Prashant (I will be observing), 9-noon personal practice time and 4pm will be my first medical class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we took a rickshaw across town to do some shopping. Nana, a highly recommended rickshaw driver who many of the students from the Institute have used, picked us up at 9am. Across the Mula-Mutha River. First stop, Nana bought us chai from what he called the best chai place in Pune. Sharon, Nana and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}