How To Travel From Kolkata To Pune

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Kolkata formerly called as Calcutta is enriched with rich culture, resides proudly on the banks of River Hoogly. Kolkata is the capital of the Indian State West Bengal. As this city celebrates many festivals, is also called as city of festivals. Kolkata has its popularity worldwide in the name of Mother Theresa as is the place from where Mother Theresa devoted her life on service to poor and needy and major span of life is spent. Kolkata has several historical monuments. Must see places in Kolkata are Victoria Memorial, The Indian Museum, St Paul's Cathedral, Belvedere Estate, Marble Palace, National Library of India, Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Writers' building, Shaheed Minar and Raj Bhavan etc. Kolkata is the second populous city in India as it has many famous top rated Industries like Bata, ITC Ltd, Coal India, and Birla Coorporation. It is known under different names like city of joy and city of dreams. This city is rich with lots of temples, scenic views, zoo and museum which attract tourists.

Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra located at the meeting point of Mula and Mutha with years old history of over 1600 ...
... years. This city is also has several glorious temples and monuments, which attracts tourists to this land. The oldest attraction of this city is Pataleshwar rock cut temple which is the memorial of many Maratha heroes of the past. This city serves as is a hub for many famous educational institutes which attracts students all over the world and hence is also called "Oxford of the East". Pune is also well known for the presence of many famous Institutions like the Armed Forces Medical College, Film and Television Institute of India, Symbiosis Educational Society and National Defense Academy inviting global attraction. The best time to visit Pune is from July to February.

Distance from Kolkata to Pune is 1849 km. On road it takes 27 hour journey through NH 6 but is not a preferred journey on road as the journey time may get increased to 33 hours and regular bus services also not available on this route. Middle class people prefer traveling by trains as there are several trains running from Kolkata to Pune on daily basis that too at affordable rates of INR 1436 with a journey time of 27 hours 15 minutes. Well suggested mode for old aged, families with kids, and business men for whom time is precious is by flight which will let the passenger at Pune in 4 hours 45 minutes at a fare of INR 8944. Airlines that provide service by flight are Indigo, Spice jet and Jet air and major trains that provide service are Howrah Super SP and Azad Hind Exp. Travelers can get a wide range of hotels in Kolkata. We can find budget hotels in Pune.