page_title: Baner
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Baner / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Bagad Festival of Baner Pune
context_page_description: Baner is a suburb of Pune, India. Baner is well known for "Varkari" Parampara and Bhakti Aradhana from many years. Baner is bordered by Pashan in south, Balewadi to the west, Aundh to the north and Pune University to the east.
  Baner is a residential and commercial hub of Pune and large portions are occupied by various IT companies.
context_section_description: Shri Ram, Hanuman, Lakshmi, Tukai, Divyai, Bhairavnath, Sant Savatamali, Baneshwar, Vitthal Rukmini, Ganpati, Dattatray and many temples are part of cultural heritage of Baner. The most prominent temple in Baner is the Bhairavnath Temple(known as GramDaivat which means Town Deity), located in middle of the town. During Navratri, there is a large procession to this temple and worshippers gather from around the town to pray here. On every Akshaytritiya people celebrates "Urus(GramDaivat festival)" here which continuous for 3–4 days. In Urus they organize Tamasha, Kusti and fair. Dattajayanti, Ram Navami, Savatamali Punyatithi, Bhagwanbaba and Navratri are big festivals of Baner. Bhairavnath Devasthan trust organizes "Ek Gav Ganpati Miravnuk Ek" program every year which gives every Ganpati Mandal in the town to show their talent in front of the whole town. On every Hanuman Jayanti, people celebrate "Bagada Festival" in the evening.
caption: Bagad festival in Baner
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