ஆ ன ந் த ம்: Photo Essay

The historical Mumbai has left us with many architectural monuments. The fort area of Mumbai is a place where we can date buildings to various colonial periods. As a part of the Kala ghoda festival, Carriage Ride - a heritage walk from Horniman Circle (Once Elphinstone Circle) to the Ballard Bunder gateway was organized by The Bombay Heritage Walks group on 11th Feb 2007.

We had two orators, Brinda (Co-founder of The Bombay Heritage Walks) & Samudrika. They started off with the history of Bombay from Horniman Circle gardens. They explained to the 20+ audience about the various architecture periods of the Fort area. As the proceeded we also moved from Horniman circle to the Asiatic Society buiding. The zero point height measurement is based from a particular point of this building.

Then we moved to the MINT (RBI office), where we are allowed inside to view the old black & white photos of the original MINT and surrounding areas. From there we started again through the Ballard Estate road housing more heritage buildings now owned by private & public entities. Our final destination was Ballard Bunder Gatehouse where we found many portrayals of colonial Bombay & miniature models of the ships used in the near by dockyard.

The path we have taken once has carriages riding through it. Thus our walk named as Cariage Ride. Now the photos will speak for the buildings. Thanks Brinda for a such a beautiful & informative evening.

The Starting point