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Cong, NCP go aggressive
CAMIL PARKHE
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 AT 10:58 PM (IST)
The elections to zilla parishad, panchayat samitis and 10 municipal corporations in Maharashtra have will be yet another political battle fought by the five main parties in the state. The polls have come just a couple of months after the municipal councils polls, in which the Congress and the NCP had fared well. The battles-lines are expected to on the same lines as in the municipal polls. That is why the Congress and the NCP are in an aggressive mood while the opposition Shiv Sena and the BJP have been forced on the defensive.
The elections to 27 zilla parishads and 309 panchayat samitis will be held on February 7 and polls to 10 corporations, including Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and Aurangabad, on February 16. Civic elections are also due in Nagpur, Thane, Nashik, Amravati, Kolhapur and Akola. The main contestants are the two constituents of the Democratic Front, the Congress and the NCP; the saffron alliance of the Shiv Sena and the BJP, which has been reinforced this time by the Republican faction led by Ramdas Athavale; and the comparatively new entrant in the state politics, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena led by Raj Thackeray. All the parties are gearing up for the polls and finding ways to woo the voters.
The crucial polls are being held as the Congress-led ruling front is completing half of its third consecutive term. In such circumstances, the ruling combine often faces the heat of the anti-incumbency wave. But thanks to the acts of commissions and omissions by both the Congress-NCP government and the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance, the municipal council poll verdict indicated that the ruling front faces no such wave. In fact, because of some turbulence in its own camp, it is the saffron alliance which has been forced to lick its own wounds, leaving it with little strength to attack the ruling front with some effectiveness. The only political party outside the ruling front thoroughly enjoying the present political atmosphere and ready to exploit it for its advantages is the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. The local self-government poll will serve as a rehearsal for the state polls, scheduled two years later.
The panchayati raj and municipal council poll should have served as an ideal opportunity for the opposition to attack the ruling front on corruption scandals like the Adarsh housing complex in Mumbai and the nine-month imprisonment of Pune's suspended Congress MP, Suresh Kalmadi, in Tihar jail in the Commonwealth Games scam. But most opposition parties are busy setting their own house in order.
Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde is the party's only mass leader in the state but he has been facing major setbacks in the past couple of years. He has little time to consolidate the party's base. He has been fighting a battle for survival in his own party with party president Nitin Gadkari. After threatening to quit the party and knocking at the door of other parties, Munde decided to stay put in the BJP but not without damaging his credentials. Now, the former deputy chief minister is facing a serious challenge on his home turf of Beed district from his nephew and MLC, Dhananjay Munde, who is openly hobnobbing with the NCP. Gadkari and other Munde detractors are doing everything to marginalise Munde. So the BJP leaders have no time to train their guns on the ruling party or to give a fight in the panchayati and civic body polls. A wounded Munde is no position to play a vital role in galvanising the BJP and reviving its poll prospects.
The Shiv Sena is fighting a battle to retain its two-decade hold on power in Brihamaumbai Municipal Corporation. It faces a major threat from the combined forces of the Congress and the NCP. This is for the first time the two Congresses have come together in Mumbai civic elections. The presence of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in the previous State Assembly polls had helped the Congress-NCP to defeat the saffron alliance in Mumbai and to return to power for the third consecutive term. The ruling front hopes that the Raj Thackeray-led party will play a vital role in dethroning the Shiv Sena. The revolt of the Shiv Sena's Thane MP Anand Paranjape -- the party's only victorious nominee in the Mumbai-Thane belt in the last Lok Sabha polls -- has dealt a severe jolt to the party. It will have repercussions on the civic poll in Thane.
So it is no wonder that the ruling Congress-NCP front hopes to romp home at the hustings without much difficulty. All the opposition parties will really have to really work overtime during the remaining few days to deny a cake-walk for the ruling front, although the ruling front has performed no great wonders to stake claims to uninterrupted power. The opposition has to expose the misdeeds of the government and prove its own credentials. The verdict of the electorate will show who among the ruling group and the opposition plays its role effectively.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Cong, NCP go aggressive in ZP, civic polls
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सेंट मेरीज चर्चची वास्तू सर्वांत जुनी
सेंट मेरीज चर्चची वास्तू सर्वांत जुनी
कामिल पारखे - सकाळ वृत्तसेवा
Friday, December 23, 2011 AT 04:15 AM (IST)
सेंट मेरीज चर्चची वास्तू
पुणे - पुण्यात पहिले चर्च बांधण्यास माधवराव पेशव्यांनी परवानगी दिली. त्यानुसार 1792 मध्ये क्वार्टर गेटजवळ पहिले चर्च बांधण्यात आले. मातीच्या बांधकामाचे हे चर्च 1852 मध्ये पाडून नव्याने बांधण्यात आले. त्यामुळे 1825 मध्ये बांधून पूर्ण झालेले लष्कर परिसरातील सोलापूर रस्त्यावरील सेंट मेरीज चर्चची वास्तू पुण्यातील चर्चची सर्वांत जुनी वास्तू ठरली आहे.
पुणे व पिंपरी-चिंचवडमध्ये सध्या कॅथॉलिक आणि प्रोटेस्टंट पंथीयांची ऐंशीहून अधिक चर्च आहेत. ख्रिस्ती समाज बहुभाषिक असल्याने अनेक चर्चेसमध्ये इंग्रजी, मराठी, तमीळ, कोकणी, मल्याळम वगैरे भाषांत उपासनाविधी होतात. काही चर्च मात्र केवळ मराठी भाषक ख्रिस्ती समाजासाठी आहेत आणि तेथील सर्व प्रार्थना, गायन आणि उपासनाविधी केवळ मराठी भाषेतच होतात. ही सर्व चर्च सध्या नाताळनिमित्ताने रोषणाईच्या झगमगाटात सजली आहेत.
नाताळनिमित्त शहरातील चर्चचा इतिहासाचा आढावा घेतल्यास अनेक महत्त्वाच्या गोष्टी पुढे येतात. पुण्यात पेशव्यांच्या सैन्यात गोव्यातील, तसेच मूळचे पोर्तुगीज असलेले ख्रिस्ती अधिकारी आणि सैनिक होते. त्यांच्यासाठी पुण्यात चर्च बांधण्यासाठी सवाई माधवराव पेशव्यांनी जागा दिली आणि त्याजागेवर 1792 मध्ये सिटी चर्च बांधण्यात आले. क्वार्टर गेटपाशी असलेले हे चर्च पुण्यातील सर्वात जुने कॅथोलिक चर्च. मातीच्या बांधकामाचे हे चर्च पाडून त्यानंतर तेथे 1852 मध्ये नवे चर्च बांधण्यात आले. पुणे कॅम्पातील सोलापूर रोडवरील सेंट मेरीज चर्चचे 1825 मध्ये उद्घाटन झाले, त्यामुळे शहरातील ही सर्वांत जुनी चर्चची वास्तू ठरते. एकोणिसाव्या शतकात शहराच्या विविध भागांत चर्च उभारली गेली. डॉ बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर रोडवरील सेंट मॅथ्यूज मराठी चर्चचा पायाभरणी समारंभ 1893 मध्ये झाला होता. दगडी बांधकाम असलेली ही सव्वाशे वर्षांची वास्तू अजूनही सुस्थितीत आहे. पंचहौद चर्चला गेल्या वर्षी 125 वर्षे पूर्ण झाली, त्यानिमित्त मोठा समारंभ आयोजित केला होता.
प्रामुख्याने मराठी भाषकांसाठी असलेल्या शहरातील प्रोटेस्टंट पंथीय चर्चेसमध्ये क्वार्टर गेट नजीकचे क्राईस्ट चर्च, सेंट मॅथ्यूज मराठी चर्च, खडकी येथील सेंट मेरीज चर्च, गुरुवार पेठेतील होली नेम किंवा पंचहौद चर्च, घोरपडी येथील सेंट जॉन्स चर्च, कसबा पेठेतील ब्रदर देशपांडे चर्च यांचा समावेश होतो. कॅथॉलिक पंथाच्या चर्चमध्ये मात्र बहुतेक सर्व चर्चेसमध्ये इंग्रजी भाषेत त्याचप्रमाणे मराठी भाषेतही वेगळी उपासनाविधी केली जाते. दर आठवड्याला मराठी मिस्सा साजरा करणाऱ्या कॅथोलिक चर्चमध्ये ताडीवाला रोडवरील अवर लेडी ऑफ पर्पेच्युअल हेल्प चर्च, पिंपरी येथील अवर लेडी कन्सोलर ऑफ द ऍफ्लिक्टेड चर्च आणि चिंचवड येथील सेंट फ्रान्सिस झेव्हिअर चर्च वगैरेंचा समावेश होतो. या मराठीभाषक ख्रिस्ती समाजातर्फे नाताळानिमित्त यंदा विविध कार्यक्रम आयोजित करण्यात आले आहेत. नाताळाआधी एक आठवडा प्रत्येक ख्रिस्ती कुटुंबाच्या घरी जाऊन नाताळची गाणी म्हणण्याची जुनी परंपरा आहे. सांताक्लॉजला बरोबर घेऊन ख्रिस्तजन्माची गीते गाणारा युवक-युवतींचा ग्रुप लहान मुलांबरोबरच प्रौढांचेही आकर्षण असतो. नाताळाची ही गाणी गाण्यासाठी हे तरुण संध्याकाळी बाहेर पडतात आणि रात्री उशिरापर्यंत हा कार्यक्रम चालू असतो.
फराळाची लगबग सध्या मराठी ख्रिस्ती कुटुंबात नाताळनिमित्त फराळ करण्याची लगबग चालू आहे. कुठल्याही मराठी कुटुंबात सणानिमित्त होणाऱ्या मिष्ठान्नांचा या फराळात समावेश होतो. करंज्या, लाडू, शेव, चकल्या, शंकरपाळे आणि त्याचप्रमाणे अनारसे वगैरे पदार्थ या कुटुंबांत केले जातात. दिवाळीनिमित्त या ख्रिस्ती कुटुंबात शेजाऱ्यांकडून फराळाची अनेक ताटे आलेली असतात. नाताळाच्या सणाच्या वेळी फराळाची ताटे पाठवून ही परतफेड केली जाते. गेली अनेक वर्षे ही परंपरा चालू राहिली आहे
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Christmas spl issues get good response
Christmas spl issues get good response
Sakal Times
CAMIL PARKHE
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 AT 05:04 PM (IST)
Cue taken from Diwali issues’ success
PUNE:
Taking a cue from the special Diwali issues which make a turnover of crores of
rupees in the Marathi publication industry every year, some Christian magazines and mediapersons in
Pune and other parts of the State have now started publishing Christmas special
issues, which are getting a good response.
City-based 'Dnyanodaya,' a monthly which is being published since 1842
and is the oldest Marathi periodical, has been publishing a Christmas special
issue for the past few years. The issue edited by Ashok Angre has special
articles related to the Christmas festival. Another Christian monthly 'Niropya,'
published since 1903 and edited by Fr
Joe Gaikwad from Snehasadan here, has also brought out its 72-page Christmas
special.
'Suvarta', a Catholic Marathi monthly published since the
past few decades from Vasai in Thane district too has come out with a special
Christmas issue.
'Marathi Power' weekly which has completed two years of publication
released its December 17 issue as the
Christmas special issue.
The weekly is edited by senior journalist John Gajbhiv. The 154-page
special issue had Pune Bishop Thomas Dabre
as its guest editor. Gajbhiv said
that the special issue has generated more revenue as compared to last year. The
issue has articles by Christian literates Fr Francis D'Britto, Dr Cecilia
Carvalho. Sunil Shyamsundar Adhav and Dr Subhash Patil.
‘Alaukik’ is another Christmas issue published for the first time this
year. The 154-page issue too has several colour pages and articles by Mrudula Ghodke, head of Marathi news division
of Delhi All India Radio station, and an interview of comedian Johny Liver. The issue is edited and published by Akash
Dayanand Thombre.
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Bishop Thomas Dabre's interview
‘A true religion can’t be sectarian or divisive’
Sakal Times
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Sunday, December 25, 2011 AT 06:22 PM (IST)
Bishop Thomas Dabre, who took over the reigns of the 125-year-old Pune Diocese two-and-a-half
years ago, is an exponent of inter-religious dialogue. He completed his
doctorate on ‘The God experience of Tukaram' and taught at the city-based Jnana
Deep Vidyapeeth for many years, till he was appointed as an auxiliary Bishop of
Mumbai in 1990. As the head of the Pune Diocese, he symbolically leads various
social service centres run by the Catholic Church in Pune, Satara, Solapur and
Sangli districts, and Kolhapur city. He
spoke to Camil Parkhe about the need for communal harmony in the backdrop of
Christmas.
What
have been your priorities after taking over as Pune Bishop?
We feel that faith must flow into service and therefore, we have tried to
increase our network of schools and colleges. Our diocese will soon open a new
English school in Miraj and some new school buildings have also been planned.
There are a sizeable number of educational institutions run by the Church in the
city and district. The Church's schools educate children belonging to all
faiths; in fact, a majority of the students in our schools are non-Christians.
We try to provide quality education and also imbibe moral and spiritual values
among children. These schools also ensure that there is no discrimination among
students. Society has indeed appreciated the role of the Church's educational
institutions.
How were you drawn to the issue of inter-faith dialogue and
harmony?
My mother-tongue is Marathi and I was brought up in Vasai, in a locality
that had a majority of non-Christian families. I was influenced by their
lifestyle, social and religious traditions. I feel we should work towards
communal harmony and peace, and it should be our top priority. Recently, the
Diocese had invited a high-powered Vatican delegate to the city for a three-day
inter-faith meet, attended by well-known representatives of Hinduism and other
religions. Harmony among the people of various religions is required to ensure
prevalence of equality, justice and peace in society. We believe that the unity
and integrity of our nation depends on inter-religious and communal harmony. All
our achievements and fruits of prosperity will be reduced to ashes if there is no communal
peace.
As a priest, I feel that Jesus Christ is not for Christians alone; he
wants to work for the benefit of all religious communities. That is why all our
educational, social, medical and charitable activities are open to members of
all religions. A true religion cannot be sectarian and divisive; it is universal
and that is why we have to be very serious about inter-religious harmony.
What is the role of the Indian Catholic Church in the world
church?
The Indian Catholic Church is playing a significant role in the universal
Catholic Church. Many Indian clergymen and nuns occupy vital positions in the
church hierarchy and some of them even hold the highest posts, like the superior
general or mother general of their respective religious congregations. For
example, Fr Sebastian Vazhakala, the father general and co-founder along with
Mother Teresa, of the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative Brothers, is based
at the organisation’s headquarters in Rome. There are many Indian priests and
nuns working in the USA, Europe and other parts of the world. In the past, India
used to receive a large number of missionaries from European countries and now
there is a reverse trend as Indian priests and nuns belonging to various
congregations are called to serve in different parts of the world.
Tell us something about your recent meeting with Pope Benedict
XVI?
It is mandatory for all Catholic
Bishops to meet the Pope individually and in groups once in five years. It is
called an ad limina visit. There are 175 Bishops in India and the group-wise
visits to the Vatican were arranged this year. I was among a group of 35 Bishops
who met Pope Benedict XVI in September. The pontiff addressed us in a group and
later also met us individually. During the individual meeting, we present a report on various
activities of our respective Diocese to the Pope, who is the the leader of the
worldwide Catholic Church. Thus, the ad limina visit helps the Pope to meet each
and every head of the Diocese in any corner of the world and know their issues
and problems. Our meeting with the Pope - group and individual sessions - lasted
nearly two hours. The Pope has appreciated the Indian Church's work, especially
in the field of education. This was my first interaction with Pope Benedict
since he took over the reigns in April 2005, although I had two ad limina
sessions with Pope John II .
What are your impressions of the two pontiffs?
I found Pope John Paul II a very contemplative person. In his later
years, he liked to listen to the views of those he was meeting and spoke little.
Pope Benedict is scholarly and very articulate in expressing his views. With a
long administrative experience as a Vatican official, he knows the issues of the
churches all over the world.
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Pune, a city of churches
Pune, a city of churches
CAMIL PARKHE
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Sakal Times
Saturday, December 24, 2011 AT 06:44 PM (IST)
One of the significant aspects of Pune’s multi-culturalism is the
presence of more than 80 cathedrals, churches and chapels in the city itself,
and perhaps another fifty more in the district. The oldest ones go back more
than 220 years in the history of the city. On Christmas day, tomorrow, these
churches will be lit up, giving the city a resplendent glow. Sakàl Times tells
the story of these magnificent structures
The presence of Christian soldiers in the Maratha and British armies in
Pune necessitated the construction of churches catering to their religious
needs, which led to the establishment of some of the oldest churches in the
city, in the early and mid-19th century.
St Mary’s Church on Solapur Road in Pune Camp, which was built in 1823
for soldiers and officers in the British army, is the oldest church structure in
the city. In keeping with the tradition that time, a capsule containing the
names of British India’s governor general Warren Hastings, Mumbai governor
Mountstuart Elphinstone and other East India Company officials was buried at the
church site during the stone-laying ceremony in June, 1821.
The Church of Immaculate Conception or City Church is the oldest Catholic
church in the city. The land was gifted by Peshwa Madhavrao II and the first
Mass (religious gathering) was held on Christmas day in 1792, and a structure
made of mud and mortar was built in 1794. The present structure was constructed
only in 1852.
St Patrick’s Cathedral has been built on the land gifted by the British
government in 1850. While St Paul’s Church, located behind the police
commissionerate, was erected in 1867 on the lines of the St Chapelle Church in
Paris. The cost of construction came up to Rs 90,000 at that time. The
structure, however, suffered heavy damages in a fire on July 5, 1900.
The foundation stone of the St Mathew’s Marathi Church on Dr Babasaheb
Ambedkar Road was laid in 1893. This church catered to the city’s
Marathi-speaking population.
St Andrew’s Church near the Race Course, which bore the brunt of a major
fire in October this year, was built by the Church of Scotland in 1861. The
church had a seating capacity of 500 people at the time.
Christ Church near Quarter Gate, which was built in 1896, is also one of
the oldest churches in the city. A majority of the old Catholic and Protestant
churches are in Pune Camp, Wanowrie and Khadki where the British military
establishments were located.
The Panch Haud Church, Brother Deshpande Memorial Church (Kasba Peth) and
St Crispin’s Church near Nal Stop on Karve Road are the only churches in the
heart of the city. The Catholic Church’s major religious institutes – the Papal
Seminary and the De Nobili College – were started at Ramwadi on Nagar Road six
decades ago. A large number of Catholic religious congregations also established
their centres near these two institutes. This led to the concentration of the
migratory Christian population in Yerawada and Vadgaonsheri on Nagar Road. So,
many churches came up in these areas over the last few decades.
St Francis Xavier’s Church, which was built in 1973, was the first
Catholic church in Pimpri Chinchwad and it catered to the Goan and Tamil
populations who had migrated from the neighbouring Ahmednagar and Aurangabad
districts to the industrial hub. Subsequently, four more churches were opened in
Pimpri-Chinchwad to meet the needs of the growing Christian population.
Since the Christian community in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad is
multi-lingual, most Catholic churches celebrate the Mass in English, Marathi,
Konkani, Tamil as well as Malayalam. A few churches also cater exclusively to
the Marathi, Tamil and Malayalam speaking communities in the city.
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
The construction of any church is financed by its members who contribute
their own share, while also raising a building fund. The Pune Catholic Diocese
offers a share of the construction cost. If the local community undertakes the
building of a new church, the Pune diocese offers 50 per cent of the
construction cost. The new churches that came up on Nagar Road and in
Pimpri-Chinchwad during the last decade were built on this principle.
Fr Simon Almeida, who has presently undertaken the construction of a new
building for St Francis Xavier’s Church in Chinchwad, says, “It is the
responsibility of the local people to build a church for themselves. The
priest’s job is to build the community. Therefore, the lay leaders undertake
various activities to raise the construction funds.” Sometimes, when local
parishioners are unable to raise 50 per cent of the construction cost, the
diocese has to bear more than its share of the amount. The diocese receives its
funds from monthly collections given by various churches under its jurisdiction.
Fr Almedia says that every Catholic church is required to give its
donation collections of two Sundays of every month to the Pune diocese. The
diocese utilises these funds for various activities. “Besides this, parishioners
of other churches are also expected to contribute for the construction of
churches in other localities,” he adds.
–Inputs by Camil Parkhe
ROYAL GESTURE
It was Peshwa Madhavrao II who gifted a piece of land for the
construction of a church for the Catholic soldiers in the Maratha army. The
Catholic soldiers included Goans, British and Portuguese nationals. The Peshwa
also contributed a sum for building of the church, which eventually came to be
called City Church. Later, when the British came to rule over Pune, they gifted
one bigha (three acres and 14 gunthas) land to build the present structure of
the church that we see today. The Portuguese government in Goa had offered a
substantial subsidy in its construction. The British government had also gifted
land and a grant of Rs 2,000 for the construction of the St Patrick’s Chapel,
the present cathedral and seat of the Pune diocese. Records show that many
Catholic soldiers in the British army donated a full month’s salary too.
CHURCHES IN PUNE AND
PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD
CATHOLIC CHURCHES
- Church of Immaculate Conception (City Church) (1792)
- St Ignatius Church, Khadki (
1833)
- St Patrick’s Cathedral, near Empress Garden (1850)
- The Church of Holy Name, Guruwar Peth
(1885)
- St Xavier’s Church, Pune Camp
(1862)
- St Crispin’s Church, Nal Stop, Karve Road (1901-02)
- St Joseph’s Church, Ghorpuri
(1959)
- St Teresa’s Church, Guruwar Peth
(1963)
- Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Tadiwala Road (1965)
- St Anthony’s Church, Model Colony
(1969)
- St Francis Xavier’s Church, Chinchwad (1972)
- Our Lady of the Afflicted Church, Pimpri
(1978)
- St Anne’s Church, Solapur Bazaar
(1983)
- Sacred Heart Church, Yerawada
(1984)
- St Alphonsa Church, Kalewadi, Pimpri (1986)
- Resurrection Sub-Centre, Kalas Gaon
(1987)
- St Francis De Sales, Ahmednagar Road
(1988)
- Mother Teresa Centre, Hadapsar
(1996)
- Holy Cross Church, Dapodi
(1998)
- Infant Jesus Church, Nigdi
(1998)
- Holy Trinity Church, New Sangvi
(2000)
- Divine Mercy Church, Vadgaonsheri
(2004)
- Good Shepherd Church
(2011)
- Christ The King Church, Vadgaonsheri
(2011)
- St Sebastian’s Chapel, NDA *
- Holy Family Chapel, Lohegaon *
- Wakad Mass Centre, Wakad *
- Holy Redeemer Malankara Catholic Church, Kalewadi *
- St Anthony’s Malankara Catholic Church, Vishrantwadi *
- St Mary’s Malankara Church, Khadki *
- St Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church, Warje, Malewadi *
- St John’s Marthoma Parish, Pune-Mumbai highway, Khadki *
PROTESTANT CHURCHES
- St Mary’s Church, Solapur Road, Pune Camp (1823)
- The Church of Holy Name, Guruwar Peth
(1885)
- Christ Church, Quarter Gate
(1896)
- St Paul’s Church, behind Pune police commissionerate, Pune Camp (1867)
- St Mathew’s Marathi Church, Dr Ambedkar Road, Pune Camp (1893)
- Poona Diocesan Council Church of North India, Staveley Road, Pune Camp
*
- All Saints Marathi Church, Khadki *
- Bethel Church, Vadgaonsheri *
- Brother Deshpande Memorial Church, Kasba Peth *
- Church of Holy Angel, Rasta Peth *
- CNI Church, Dhanori *
- St Anne Church, Solapur Bazaar *
- St Luke Church, Phule Nagar *
- St Mary Church, Khadki *
- St Paul’s Malayalam Church, Khadki *
- Sutarwadi CNI Church, Pashan *
- United Church of Christ, Pimpri *
- Hindustani Methodist Worship Centre, Khadakwasla *
- Methodist Kannada Church, Khadki *
- Methodist Marathi Church, Yerawada *
- Methodist Marathi Church, Bhosari *
- Methodist Tamil Church, Nigdi *
- Methodist Tamil Church, Khadki *
- Oldham Memorial Methodist Church, East Street *
- Methodist English Church, Khadki *
- St Andrew’s Hindustani Church, near Race Course *
- Vineyard Workers Church, Dapodi *
* Exact year of establishment not available
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