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A serene, idyllic spot with only nature for company and that too in the middle of a bustling city. Sounds too good to be true? Not if you have been to the Osho Teerth also called the Nallah park set in the lush environs between lane number two and three of Koregaon Park. An inviting tranquillity envelopes the park spread over 12 acres of greenery and is divided into two inter-connected section by a bridge.

The gravelly garden path in one section leads one on to a finely chiselled statue of Osho, the inspiration behind the project, with the words Osho Teerth written alongside. An undulating greenscape dotted with a variety of plants on both sides unfolds before the eyes of the visitor.

It may seem a little difficult to believe that this park was once a mosquito-infested wasteland
or that the gurgling brook that runs through the park was a nallah into which the effluents of the Pulgate sewerage were emptied. The park, which seems to have risen Phoenix-like from the dirt, owes its creation to the Shunyo Foundation, friends of the Osho Commune International who in 1990 took up the greening of the nallah. Members of the Shunyo Foundation approached the collector of Pune to seek permission to acquire land around the nallah for a public park.

Any place that can inspire you to meditate when it is not a part of your daily routine has to be truly special.And So is the Zen Garden In Pune.