Editing Pune (section)

=== Religion ===
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Maharashtra|Hinduism]]|darkorange|79.43}}
{{bar percent|[[Marathi Muslims|Islam]]|green|11.03}}
{{bar percent|[[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhism]]|mediumblue|3.94}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Maharashtra|Jainism]]|brown|2.45}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Maharashtra|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|2.17}}
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{{See also|Hindu temples in Pune}}
[[Hinduism]] is the major religion, practised by a little under 80% of people in Pune. Other religions with a significant presence include [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]], [[Christianity]], [[Sikhism]] and [[Zoroastrianism]].<ref name="Religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Population by Religion – Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pmc.gov.in/informpdf/City%20Engineer%20office/Socio%20-%20Economic%20Survey%20Of%20Pune%20City.pdf|title=Socio – Economic Survey Of Pune City|location=p. 273|access-date=6 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802162128/http://pmc.gov.in/informpdf/City%20Engineer%20office/Socio%20-%20Economic%20Survey%20Of%20Pune%20City.pdf|archive-date=2 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Of the many Hindu temples in the city, the Parvati temple complex on [[Parvati Hill]] and at least 250 others date back to the 18th century.<ref>Preston, Laurence W. "Shrines and neighbourhood in early nineteenth-century Pune, India. " ''Journal of Historical Geography'' 28. 2 (2002): 203–215.</ref> These temples were commissioned by the [[Peshwa]]s, who ruled the city at the time, and are dedicated to various deities including [[Hanuman|Maruti]], [[Vithoba]], [[Vishnu]], [[Shiva|Mahadeo]], [[Rama]], [[Krishna]] and [[Ganesh]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQL8AQAAQBAJ|title=Western India in the Nineteenth century|last1=Kumar|first1=Ravinder|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0415330480|edition=Repr.|location=London [u.a.]|page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kosambi|first1=Meera|date=1989|title=Glory of Peshwa Pune|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=248|issue=5|page=247}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gokhale|first1=Balkrishna Govind|date=1985|title=The Religious Complex in Eighteenth-Century Poona|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|volume=105|issue=4|pages=719–724|jstor=602730|doi=10.2307/602730}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_shaniwarwada-was-centre-of-indian-politics-ninad-bedekar_1618983|title=Shaniwarwada was centre of Indian politics: Ninad Bedekar – Mumbai – DNA|publisher=Dnaindia.com|access-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320015359/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_shaniwarwada-was-centre-of-indian-politics-ninad-bedekar_1618983|archive-date=20 March 2013|url-status=live|date=29 November 2011}}</ref> The historic temples of [[Kasba Ganapati]], the [[Budhwar Peth, Pune|Tambadi (Red) Jogeshwari]] are considered the guardian deities of the city.<ref name="Kantak 489-495" /><ref name="State1885">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dboMAAAAIAAJ|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ...|author=Bombay (India : State)|publisher=Government Central Press|year=1885|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317045123/http://books.google.com/books?id=dBoMAAAAIAAJ|archive-date=17 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple]] is the richest Ganesh temple in Pune. Pune district has two of the most important pilgrimage centres of the [[Varkari]] sect of the [[Bhakti movement]] in Maharashtra, namely [[Alandi]] where the ''[[samadhi]]'' of 13th century Saint [[Dnyaneshwar]] is located and [[Dehu]] where the 17th century Saint [[Tukaram]] lived. Every year in the [[Hindu calendar|Hindu]] month of ''[[Ashadh]]'' (June/July), the ''[[Paduka]]'' (symbolic sandals) of these saints are carried in a [[pilgrimage]], the ''[[Pandharpur Vari]]'', to meet Vithoba. The procession makes a stopover in the city on its way to [[Pandharpur]] attracting hundreds of thousands of ''Varkaris'' and devotees. Other important Hindu pilgrimage sites in [[Pune Metropolitan Region|PMR]] or the district include [[Jejuri]], and five of [[Ashtavinayak]] Ganesh temples. The Shrutisagar Ashram houses the Vedanta Research Centre and a unique temple of [[Dakshinamurthy]].

Prominent mosques include Roshan Masjid, Chand Tara Masjid, Jama Masjid, and Azam Campus Masjid, Manusha Masjid. Chand Tara Masjid, located in [[Nana Peth, Pune|Nana Peth]], is one of the biggest and most important mosques in Pune as it is the city headquarters (''markaz'') for the [[Tablighi Jamaat]]. Pune is also the birthplace of [[Meher Baba]], although his followers usually travel to [[Meherabad]] to visit his tomb. [[Hazrat Babajan]], identified by Meher Baba as one of the five [[Perfect Master (Meher Baba)|perfect masters]], has a shrine (''[[Dargah]]'') erected in her honour under a [[Azadirachta indica|neem tree]] in [[Pune Camp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trustmeher.com/files/five/babajan.htm|title=Photo of Babajan's Samadhi tomb shrine in Pune|publisher=Trustmeher.com|access-date=26 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717105643/http://www.trustmeher.com/files/five/babajan.htm|archive-date=17 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/at-babajan-dargah-rests-the-legacy-of-an-old-saint/articleshow/56286345.cms|title=At Babajan Dargah rests the legacy of an old saint|work=The Times of India|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605222413/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/at-babajan-dargah-rests-the-legacy-of-an-old-saint/articleshow/56286345.cms|archive-date=5 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pune has a distinct Christian community comprising [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]], [[Church of North India|CNI]], [[Methodist Church in India|Methodist]], [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterians]], Christian Missionaries helped in setting up schools and colleges all over and also spread the message of faith.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pune-Religion|url=http://mypages.iit.edu/~apansare/Pune/religion.html|access-date=14 December 2021|website=mypages.iit.edu|archive-date=16 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716031910/http://mypages.iit.edu/~apansare/Pune/religion.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city has several churches dedicated to different Christian denominations such as St. Anthony's Shrine and Vineyard Worker's of Christ Church, Dapodi.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Pune|St. Patrick's Cathedral]] built in 1850 is the seat of the [[bishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=State) |first1=Bombay (India  |title=Gazetteer of Bombay State: Poona District |date=1954 |publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press |page=670 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3ZuAAAAMAAJ&q=St.+Patrick%27s+Cathedral+built+in+1850+pune |language=en}}</ref>

Pune has [[Jainism|Jain]] temples dating back to the Peshwa era. At present, there are more than one hundred Jain temples in [[Pune Metropolitan Region|PMR]] with the one at [[Katraj]] being the largest.<ref name="Kelting2001">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elcn1IEJ3CEC|title=Singing to the Jinas: Jain Laywomen, Mandal Singing, and the Negotiations of Jain Devotion|author=M. Whitney Kelting|date=2 August 2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-803211-3|pages=8, 15|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225230902/https://books.google.com/books?id=elcn1IEJ3CEC|archive-date=25 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Pune has over 20 Gurdwaras, with Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar in [[Pune Camp]] and Gurdwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha in [[Ganesh Peth, Pune|Ganesh Peth]] being the ones situated in the heart of the city. The 19th-century [[Ohel David Synagogue]], known locally as Lal Deval, is said to be one of the largest synagogues in Asia outside Israel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/the-wanderers-who-found-home/articleshow/61083695.cms|title=The wanderers who found home – Pune Mirror -|work=Pune Mirror|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625024727/https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/the-wanderers-who-found-home/articleshow/61083695.cms|archive-date=25 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/the-bene-israel-and-baghdadi-jews-of-india-a-history-of-this-minority-community-2869860.html|title=The Bene-Israel and Baghdadi Jews of India: A history of this minority community |website=Firstpost.com|date=3 July 2016|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701141805/https://www.firstpost.com/living/the-bene-israel-and-baghdadi-jews-of-india-a-history-of-this-minority-community-2869860.html|archive-date=1 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Agiary is a prominent Zoroastrian temple.

Pune has been associated with several significant recent spiritual teachers. The controversial Guru [[Rajneesh|Osho]], formerly the self-styled Bhagwan Rajneesh, lived and taught in Pune for much of the 1970s and 1980s. The [[Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)#Legacy|Osho International Meditation Resort]], one of the world's largest spiritual centres, is located in [[Koregaon Park]] and attracts visitors from over a hundred countries. The meditation resort organises music and meditation festival every year during monsoon, known as [[Osho Monsoon Festival]]. Number of well known artists around the world participates in the event.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/monsoon-festival-at-osho-ashram-begins-today-5301405/|title=Monsoon Festival at Osho Ashram begins today|access-date=12 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812150431/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/monsoon-festival-at-osho-ashram-begins-today-5301405/|archive-date=12 August 2018|url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|location=Pune}}</ref>