(NOT for those who are easily offended)
This may seem like an innocuous name board, but some will find it amusing:
It would be linked to this place in Pune:
Then there are places like this:
Not sure about the etymology of this place name. However, this is also the name of a tribe in North-east India:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutia_people#Language
They are a proud people with a long history. You will still see name boards like this:
and
As you may guess, as the usage of Hindi picked up in Assam people tried to avoid using their tribe’s name. For example, the town of Chutiapara near Guwahati was renamed:
Finally, we look at names which would amuse Westerners:
This one is in Andhra Pradesh:
There is another one in Tamil Nadu. It is somewhat larger, but does not have a railway station:
Earlier posts on similar topics:
https://abn397.wordpress.com/2018/04/30/places-with-bad-names-1/
https://abn397.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/places-with-bad-names-2/
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