पुणे हे ऐतिहासिक शहर आहे. शिवाय इथला नमुनेदार पुणेरी माणूस, खाद्यसंस्कृती, मंदिरे, सण-उत्सव-परंपरा, जुन्या वास्तू, संग्रहालये, कट्टाजीवन अशी शहराची अनेक वैशिष्ट्ये आहेत. भारताची शान असलेल्या या शहराबद्दल ‘पुणे तेथे काय उणे’ असे बोलले जाते. परंतु आजही यातील काही वारसास्थळे ज्ञात तर काही अज्ञात आहेत. या ठिकाणांची ज्ञात-अज्ञात माहिती मांडण्याचा हा प्रयत्न लेखक सुप्रसाद पुराणिक यांनी ज्ञात अज्ञात पुणे या पुस्तकरूपाने केला आहे.

Temples in many villages are waiting for restoration. However, instead of demolishing such old temples and constructing them in a flashy ‘modern’ style, a conscious effort should be made to conserve the existing structures and preserve the historical heritage. But unfortunately today, in the name of restoration, many old temples, palaces are completely demolished without proper consultation and the works reflected in modern style are common.
However, none of the agitators realize that because of this we are losing the historical significance of the place, destroying the historical architectural heritage, and not only erasing our own past. For that, in this Jirnoddhar book, a lot has been commented on how to restore a building, how to do conservation.
What exactly is restoration? by the author Dr. Avinash Sowani. So going beyond all the different concepts of repairs, renovation, reconstruction and conservation, trying to do ‘re-creation’ in the original architectural style, i.e. ‘Jirnoddhar’ in Marathi.
This story is created keeping exactly this concept in mind.
In this novel, author describes how main character discovered an ancient temple by guessing from the old remains of the settlements that she found around.