Kalaprasad Lodge & Mangal Karyalaya/Dakshin Hotel

Kalaprasad Lodge & Mangal Karyalaya/Dakshin Hotel is over in Sadashiv Peth. We are right on Parvati Road at number 2098, not too far from the S P College back gate in the Vijaya Nagar Colony. In this part of Pune, the lanes are quite narrow and there is always someone walking by the building. Our place is a mix of a lodge where people stay and a hall for small functions, which we also call Dakshin Hotel. It gets quite noisy when there is a wedding or a small family gathering going on in the Mangal Karyalaya part. You can hear the vessels clanging in the kitchen from the courtyard quite clearly. The lodge rooms are simple, just a bed and a fan, nothing like those big hotels in the city. We get a lot of students or parents visiting from other towns because the S P College is so close to us. Our staff is just a few local people who help with the cleaning and managing the keys for the guests. It’s a bit of an old-fashioned way of running things, but it works for us here in 411030. We spend a lot of time just talking to the guests or fixing things that break in the rooms. The Vijaya Nagar Colony is a quiet enough spot most of the time, except for the morning rush of traffic. We don't have a website, just the sign out front. It’s just a practical place for people to stay or have an event.