Pune and Mumbai count in the top 5 cities in India.
Although they are not twin cities, no one can tell them apart.
The two cities are culturally similar.
Pune is a second home for most Mumbaikars and vice-versa.
Almost all local guides have extended families in both cities including me.
Looking back at 2024, more local guides have hosted meetups than any other city.
Celebrating this unique accomplishment 
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@Rohan10
Rohan Mudshingikar celebrated his first meetup at the World Heritage Kanheri Caves, and it was a smashing success. -
@Shrut19
Shruti Manjrekar has been an active local guide for almost a decade and recently hosted a meetup in Mumbai. -
RosyKohli
Rosy Kohli is a great meetup enthusiast and attends as many meetups in person and virtually, cheering and encouraging the hosts and the attendees. Here is a recent meetup by Rosy Ji. -
@Durgak03
Durga is a leading local guide in Pune and actively participates in meetups which is very encouraging for everyone. Her first meetup as a host was at the memorable War Museum. -
@Ketan_Kangankar
Ketan attends meetups and shares his unique fridge magnets, which are themed around local guide meetups. His first meetup as a host was in the charming Pu La Deshpande Garden. -
@Praniketmore
Praniket lives in a bit remote and suburban area amidst the mountains and charms everyone with his views of the amazing nature around his town. His first visual meetup as a host was in his local market. -
@Raj_Tayade
Kamalakar aka Raj Tayade has traveled to 5 cities to attend meetups there.
Recently he hosted his first meetup in the historic town of Aurangabad now called Sambhajinagar. -
Nidhish Jaju
Nidhish also lives in Aurangabad but also traveled to Mumbai and Pune to attend meetups. He hosted a meetup in his hometown. -
Abhishek Patki
Abhishek is an enthusiastic local guide in Pune and I will forever remember him as the first attendee of my first in-person meetup in Pune
His first meetup as a host was at the picturesque Birla Ganesh Temple. -
@NERKARAMIT
As a local guide, Amit has a huge heart. He shares dozens of badges, cards, stickers, and gifts with everyone at every meetup he attends.
His first meetup as a host was at the unique Museum of the Common Man. -
Ananya Banerjee
Ananya is the cheerful local guide in Pune.
Her presence creates great vibes during the meetup and is very encouraging.
She hosted a meetup recently at the charming Agakhan Palace. -
Hinal Lad
Hinal Lad is one the enthusiastic local guides in Pune and also travels to various cities to attend meetups and cheer up the local guides who host meetups.
Her recent meetup in Pune as a host was a food crawl. -
Isha
Globe Trotter Isha as her username suggests is a true nomad and is seen attending and hosting meetups globally. Her recent meetup was a unique one supporting local artists. -
Mayuri Kubal
Mayuri is an acclaimed writer who recently won national awards for her book from the prime minister of India.
She hosted her amazing meetup in Mumbai last year. -
@MohanG
Mohan Ghyar is also an active local guide, attending meetups online and encouraging local guides across India and globally. Mohan is all set to host his first meetup next month. -
Palash Kaisare
Palash is an accomplished YouTuber whose travel video blogs are famous all over.
Last week he hosted a memorable meetup in Pune. -
Pratik Tanna
Pratik is also a globetrotter, and his famous series on Airport Diaries is a huge success. His recent meetup as a host was in Mumbai. -
@SaylliWalve1
Saylli joined the local guides forum recently and is already nicely engaged with local guides, attending meetups both in Mumbai and Pune.
Her first meetup as a host was enjoyed by one and all. -
@Shreeish
Shireesh is a student and highly enthusiastic about participating in and hosting meetups in various cities including Pune and Mumbai. His recent meetup as a host was a memorable one. -
@Sagarkanherkar
Sagar is loved by everyone who knows him. his joyful nature and affinity to crack jokes at every event are awaited by local guides at every local guide.
He hosted a unique virtual meetup recently. -
@ShubhamWaman
Meetups in Pune are unthinkable without Shubham.
His energy and enthusiasm are unlimited.
Shubham leads from the front at every meetup and makes all pre- and post-meetup arrangements, such as visiting the location, deciding on the food joint, meeting facilitators, ordering food, setting up the banner, group photos, quiz hosting, and everything else that makes a meetup successful.
Shubham tirelessly and effortlessly works out everything. His recent mega-meetup as a host saw one of the highest attendances in recent months.
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Merlin Thomas
Merlin is a writer, artist, and enthusiastic local guide.
Her presence at meetups with @NithinThomas brings charm and cheer to the meetups.
Her recent meetup as a host was at the Phule Museum. -
Sumedh Kakatkar
Sumesh joined local guides in Pune last week and attended just one meetup.
This week he hosted his first meetup - that is probably a world record
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Ajit Thite
Ajit needs no introduction. He is the heart and soul of the Pune local guides community.
He has hosted meetups in several cities in India, including the one in Ahmedabad supporting local small businesses there.
He also [hosted a meetup in Delhi]
(RECAP: Supporting local businesses at the Janpath Market, Net Delhi meet-up, Sep 30, 2024) last year.
- Tushar Suradkar
Yours sincerely, myself
encourage local guides to host meetups. I am thankful to 14 local guides for honoring my request to host a meetup 
I recently hosted a meetup Celebrating the 50 Meetups of India Local Guides.
Thank you @Latika_Malhotra for gracing the meetup and making it a memorable one 
Also, I hosted a meetup to Celebrate 1 Year of Meetups in Maharashtra.
I take pride in my 75 meetups hosted in 5 cities.
My goal for 2025 is to encourage local guides in India to host at least 100 meetups across 50 cities in India Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Local Guides Connect.
With that in mind, I have given easy-to-implement ideas and templates for hosting a meetup.
We have 12 meetups supporting tea stalls in January 2025 alone 
January 2025 saw 22 meetups in India already.
I hope to be writing about the 100 Meetups Celebrations soon
With this overview, local guides will feel encouraged to join this Leaderboard unmatched by any other city, region, or country.
performers of MAHARASHTRA TEAM LOCAL GUIDES.
we will have more than 100 meet up this year before year end .