Nagpur नागपुर

Orange City and geographic centre of India (Zero Mile Marker). Ram Mandir at Ramtek (40km) is where Rama is said to have stayed during exile. Diksha Bhoomi marks Dr Ambedkar's mass Buddhist conversion (1956).

Ganesh Utsav (Aug-Sep) drives city-wide pandal economy. Marbat Festival (unique to Nagpur) processes effigies of evil to ward off misfortune. Vidarbha region gateway — major puja demand catchment for Wardha, Amravati, Chandrapur.