Pune also has a large number Christians. There is the famous Roman Catholic Diocese of Pune who attracts a large number of visitors. It is a part of the Ecclesiastical province of the city of Mumbai that was established in the year 1854 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bombay to the Apostolic Vicariate of Pune. Further it was promoted as the Diocese of Pune on 1 September 1886.During the 18th century, Protestantism arrived when the Maratha empire was taken over by the British. During that time, American missionaries started evangelising locals who further resulted in the building of many churches and missionary schools in Pune city. If you visit Pune, you will find a term Marathi Christians quite popular here. It refers to the Christians of Pune as they still primarily use the Marathi language. A quite popular place of Christian worship is the Vineyard Workers’ Church, who is situated in Dapodi which is a small village near Pune. Similarly Pune has a lot of Marathi speaking Jews as well.
Due to its multi cultural social fabric, Pune is known to be the cultural capital of the state. There are numerous traditional old economy industries here who are here from as long back as the 1950s and 1960s and are still flourishing and expanding today. The city is also known for manufacturing and automobiles. Pune has recently become a major educational hub and it is home to several private sector and government sector research institutes for management, information technology and training. Pune is ranked as one of the fastest growing cities in the Asia Pacific region and it is counted as one of the fastest emerging cities in the world. There are a lot of hotels in Pune near railway station where you can stay.
