MAHARASHTRA STATE
![Meher Baba signed his name as Merwan](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/none/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/ifd1ec5abb226bfba/version/1375431089/image.jpg)
POONA WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MERWAN S. IRANI , LATER KNOWN AS MEHER BABA
![Merwan Irani, photo taken at the time when he went to Deccan College in Poona](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/none/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/ic31646dfa1885510/version/1324396447/image.jpg)
The following link is a film taken of Meher Baba in 1960, it also features many sites in Poona ( Pune ).
https://meherbaba8.wixsite.com/amisdemeherbaba/meher-baba-at-home-1960
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![1914 : Map of Poona showing important places in the life of Merwan Irani ( later Meher Baba ). Map graphics by Anthony Zois.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=710x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/id33d258a2f174509/version/1633725976/image.jpg)
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![Meher Baba related district of Pune - present day aerial view map - yellow markers signify important places. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=710x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/if2eab6dc6ab6adcb/version/1632164960/image.jpg)
Meher Baba related buildings
![Postcard of Malcolm Tank Road in the 1910s, showing a crowd in the middle of the road possibly observing Hazrat Babajan. Courtesy of the Beloved Archives , NJ.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=710x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/id452c908d42a4f25/version/1462507433/image.jpg)
![Perin and other members of Baba's family in Baba's house in Poona between April and June, 1969. Courtesy of Sriramamoorthy Collection & AMBCCPT.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/none/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i01c385969d9869dc/version/1580856496/image.jpg)
![Satchapir Tea Shop in Poona. Meher Baba's Father's 2nd tea shop. Photo taken in 1976 - Courtesy of John Connor](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=710x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i9be65109f70ef966/version/1690995487/image.jpg)
![1976 :Bhagwandas Chawl, near Hazrat Babajan's Samadhi - Meher Baba lived here from 1912 to 1914 when He was in college - Baba's house is the 3rd house - Courtesy of John Connor](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=710x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/ib98b6b529888b439/version/1690995556/image.jpg)
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Old scenic views of Poona
Present Poona views
Guruprasad, Poona
![7th January 1957 : Newspaper photo from an article printed in the Evening News of India. Courtesy of MN Publ.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/none/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/ie1465142db957110/version/1625683560/image.jpg)
![1962 : East-West Gathering - Charles Haynes in brown jacket left of Meher Baba, Lud Dimpfl assisting, Anita De Caro-Vieillard on the far right, Henry Kashouty behind Baba and Meherwan Jessawala holding umbrella ; Photo courtesy of Charles Haynes](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=701x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i439922232d2fd7f0/version/1407763238/image.jpg)
![1962 : Lud Dimpfl holding umbrella, Michael Le Page ( young boy ), Eruch ( back to camera ), Annarosa Karrasch ( far left ). Courtesy of Larry Karrasch.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=710x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/ibe41a1b403f8b2f5/version/1591565087/image.jpg)
![A happy moment after a game of checkers. This photo follows after the previous photo.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=490x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/id6bb94d0baac297c/version/1459487067/image.jpg)
![1969 Guruprasad, India : "Last Darshan" East Coast gathering performance - Amrit Irani, Martha Aubin, Andrea Winzimer and MaryAnne Barnhart](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=501x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i6705f48b71e04798/version/1537684989/image.jpg)
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Guruprasad Today
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POONA ZOO
![Meher Baba's brother Jal with Baba's favourite elephant at Poona Zoo. Photo courtesy of Bobby Buggia](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=503x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i0e59d8ac7b4a872a/version/1579972932/image.jpg)
Poona's Sassoon Hospital
Poona Avatar Meher Baba Center
![Bhaja Caves is a group of 22 rock-cut caves dating back to the 2nd century BC located in Pune, India](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=710x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i257cd12ccf577811/version/1714283253/image.jpg)