Pune

Why this icon Shaniwar Wada's Delhi Gate, its doors spiked against war elephants. Source: en.wikipedia.org

Zostel

The story

Golden hour at Shaniwar Wada: the low sun warms the old stone of the bastions while the Delhi Darwaza's spiked doors stand in soft shade, kites wheel over the walls, and a traveller in the paved forecourt, a bicycle parked beside, cranes up at the spikes with a bowl of misal.

Why this picture

Shaniwar Wada (1732) was the Peshwas' seat; the palace burned in 1828 and its weathered walls, bastions and gates still stand over gardens. Its main gate, the Delhi Darwaza, faces north between two bastions with arrow loops and machicolations; each leaf of its huge teak doors carries 72 steel spikes at an elephant's forehead height, with a small wicket door cut into one. Parvati Hill's temples sit on the skyline, black kites wheel over the old city, Pune eats misal, and it was long India's cycle city.

The sky wears Gond scales, from Madhya Pradesh.

The motion

The sun's fan of rays breathes over Parvati Hill; kites wheel over the walls; a flight of pigeons crosses the whole sky; pigeons peck about the forecourt; the trees sway. A 16-second loop.

Colour

Rani Pink #ED145A

Apricot #FFCE7B

Gulabi #EE3C96

Pune takes Apricot #FFCE7B, one of the three Flowers colours — with its icon in Steel Grey on it.

Another moment in Pune

A second scene: another true moment at Pune, drawn in the graphic vocabulary with the animals and city symbols that belong there. Wide for screens, tall for a phone held upright.

The story

A winter sunrise at Bhigwan on the Ujani backwaters: two flamingos wade close by, dipping their necks to feed, the flock feeds beyond them, a fisherman poles his boat by the far shore, egrets fly over, and a traveller who has cycled out to Bhigwan stands on the bank with a camera, his bicycle beside him.

Why this moment

Bhigwan, about 100 km from Pune on the backwaters of the Ujani reservoir, is where greater flamingos winter in hundreds from about December to March; sunrise is the time to see them wading and feeding, and local fishermen take visitors out in their boats. Our own Pune maps send you birdwatching for the flamingos at Bhigwan in winter. Pune was long India's cycle city, and its riders still go out on long weekend rides into the country round it.

The sky wears a faint Khovar, from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.

The motion

The backwater's rows run, row against row; the flamingos near and far dip their necks to feed; the fisherman's boat rides the water; egrets cross the whole sky; the sun's fan of rays breathes; the shore's trees sway. A 16-second loop.

In the picture

Its files

wide: wide second scene, SVG wide second scene, Animated SVG wide second scene, PNG
tall: tall second scene, SVG tall second scene, Animated SVG tall second scene, PNG

Also in the kit's zip, in its own folder.

The sound of Pune

The lavani's drum under a city night

Zostel calls, and Pune answers on the dholki, the lavani's hand drum, with the lezim's jingles. Its track is Pune's own music with the place's air under it, a 31-second loop. Nothing plays until you tap.

dholki
lezim

The lead is its second choice: no festival's or procession's instrument leads a place's sound (DV, 9 October).

Pune's own music, from the research behind it: Dhol (Wikipedia), Lavani (Wikipedia), Culture & Heritage (District Pune, Government of Maharashtra).

What you hear in Pune

The roadster
A heavy old bicycle's freewheel ticking as it coasts past, then its bell once: the cycle city in one sound.
Its own sound · 4 s
Morning lane
Early morning in an old lane of the cycle city: bicycle bells, a heavy roadster's ticking chain, glasses at a tea stall, a kite high overhead.
Its air · 15 s
River evening
Evening on the riverbank: slow water, a bicycle on gravel, mynas and crows settling in a big tree, the hum of a bridge.
Its air · 12 s
Street kitchen
A street kitchen at lunch: a ladle in a big iron pan, curry sizzling, steel plates on the counter, bicycles outside.
Its air · 12 s
Bell and whoosh
A bicycle bell twice, then a whoosh from left to right.
Sting · 3 s

Pune in symbols

Beside its icon, the things that are Pune, drawn in the Brand Manual's city language: a monument in the city grey with its openings cut, the things of the place in flat landscape colours. Each comes in colour and in the city grey. Every place's symbols

Dhol and tashaOf the place
Pune's dhol-tasha pathaks: troupes of hundreds who beat barrel dhols, hung from a strap and played with a stick and the palm, against the sharp tasha — Pune is said to have more dhols than anywhere in India.
SVG Grey SVG PNG
The cycle city's roadsterOf the place
From the 1930s Pune was 'the cycle city of India', its students and workers on black roadsters, before the scooters came.
SVG Grey SVG PNG

Also drawn for Pune 39

Detailed icons from the library that name Pune among their places: one drawing, on the page of every place it belongs to. Those drawn for Pune alone come first. Every detailed icon

Say hello to Pune's Zobus

Zobu in Pune's own dress, on the palette. Hover or tap one and it waves. Each comes still and alive — idle, hello and hop — for stickers, stories and the app.

Every destination's Zobus →

Female
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave
Male
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave

Their faces, poses and moves 25

Pune's Zobus from the rig: a face for a profile picture, a pose for a story, a move as a still; each opens its file. Every Zobu in motion

The animals of Pune

Animals and birds the research behind Pune's picture names, drawn in the Brand Manual's animal style, in colour and in the city grey. All the animals of India

Black kiteMilvus migrans
SVG Grey SVG PNG

The kit

Everything Pune needs: its profile, its cover, wide and tall, its icon, tile, display picture and lockup, its loop and the symbol becoming it, its second scene, its city map, its city symbols and its Zobus — every file ready to download.

49 files in one zip, the cover, its second scene, its symbols, its Zobus and its city map included

Profile

Pune’s page as a story, 1080 × 1920: its cover, its tile, its name, its line and its verbs — for stories, status and a phone’s lock screen.

SVGOther formats

Cover, wide

1600 × 900, for screens: a page’s top, a slide, a share card. The still is the loop’s first frame. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Cover, tall

900 × 1600, composed for a phone held upright: stories, reels, a lock screen. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Tile

The icon in one colour on Pune’s own — for a grid, a story, a sticker.

SVG PNG

Icon

A monument: city grey, its detail cut out. Transparent; the mono takes any one colour.

SVG PNG Mono SVG

Loop

Festival bunting flutters above it, or confetti points twinkle. 7.2 s, seamless.

Animated SVG Lottie JSON

Motion

The symbol becomes Pune and turns back — a Lottie loop for stories, the app and the web.

Lottie JSON

Display picture

Circle-safe: the colour, the icon and the name — for chats, socials and the app.

SVG PNG

Lockup

The horizontal lockup, with Pune under the wordmark — for signage, email and merch.

SVG

City symbols

Pune’s symbols, each in colour and in the city grey, as SVG and PNG — in the zip’s symbols folder.

See them with their files

Zobus

Pune’s Zobu pair, still and alive (idle, hello, hop), waving still and as a face (a profile picture) — in the zip’s zobus folder.

Female SVG Male SVG

Also made for Pune 5

The rest of what the library holds for Pune: the pattern of its region, the card its links share, each opening its own file or gallery.

The map we made for Pune

55 things to do around our Zostel, two walks and 14 quests, on one A2 sheet that folds to A6 — a map made for travellers. Print it, fold it, go.

Download for print (PDF)Download the map (PNG)Download the guide (PNG)

A2, both sides, folds to A6. For print: double-sided, flipping on the long edge; at a print shop, the PDF at actual size.

ClickTap the sheet to zoom in

The mapClick to zoom in

The guideClick to zoom in

The phone map

Download the phone map (PNG)Download the phone map (SVG)

1080 × 1350, for a phone or a story. Distances and times from Zostel Pune, measured on OpenStreetMap routing. Map for representation purposes only.

Its pieces on the map 78

Every spot on the Pune sheet, by what you go there for, each drawn with a drawing of the library. A piece opens its drawing with its files; the line under it names the other places that drawing belongs to.

The story

Why this picture

The motion

Colour

Another moment in Pune

The story

Why this moment

The motion

In the picture

Its files

The sound of Pune

What you hear in Pune

Pune in symbols

Also drawn for Pune 39

Say hello to Pune's Zobus

Their faces, poses and moves 25

Faces 20

Poses 5

The animals of Pune

The kit

Also made for Pune 5

The map we made for Pune

The phone map

Its pieces on the map 78

Landmarks 23

Food 21

Culture and nights 6

Craft and shopping 8

Nature 3

Getting around 3

Quests 14

On the map

Pune

Stand before Shaniwar Wada's spiked gate. Then eat through Pune.

The story

Why this picture

The motion

Colour

Another moment in Pune

The story

Why this moment

The motion

In the picture

Its files

The sound of Pune

What you hear in Pune

Pune in symbols

Also drawn for Pune 39

Say hello to Pune's Zobus

Their faces, poses and moves 25

Faces 20

Poses 5

The animals of Pune

The kit

Also made for Pune 5

The map we made for Pune

The phone map

Its pieces on the map 78

Landmarks 23

Food 21

Culture and nights 6

Craft and shopping 8

Nature 3

Getting around 3

Quests 14

On the map