Taking to social media, Poonawalla said, “We will NOT allow our Pune to be renamed after Jyotirao Phule ji.” He argued that Pune derives its name from the over 1,000-year-old Punyeshwar Mahadev Temple, which stood on the banks of the Mutha River. Pune: Amid the demand to rename Pune as ‘Phule Nagar’ in honour of social reformer Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Tehseen Poonawalla has strongly opposed the proposal, saying the city should not.