Tomb of David Sassoon, businessman & philanthropist who funded the Synagogue
FUN FACTS: – This is the largest synagogue in Asia (if you don’t count Israel as an Asian nation.) – But Pune has only about 200 Jews. – The synagogue is also called Laal Deval. – It was built in the 1860’s in the English Gothic style.
There was a fast programmer from Pune
who rolled the dice on Lady Fortuna.
He caused more blue screens
than you've ever seen
'til they fired that wild coder from Pune.
The palace now houses a Gandhi museum focusing on the lives and independence work of Mahatma and Kasturba Gandhi, and houses a memorial to the Mahatma, Kasturba, and Mahadev Desai (the latter two died while imprisoned here.)