Kesari Wada was built by Gaikwads where Sayajirao Gaikwad, prince of Baroda used to live. Bal Gangadhar Tilak bought Kesari Wada from Sayajirao Gaikwad in 1905.Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak used to run his two newspapers, the Kesari, in Marathi and Maratha in English from Kesari Wada.

The Kesari Wada continues to house the offices of Kesari, and mementos of Tilak, including his writing desk original letters and documents, and the first India national flag unfurled by Madame Cama.The Wada is visited by a large number of people during the Ganapati festival, the public celebrations of which we started by Tilak in the courtyard of this Wada over a century ago.

Location:Kesari Wada Narayan Peth,Pune