Skywalk

The skywalk connecting the Bandra Railway Station to the Bandra Kurla Complex nearing completion. This will definitely make life easier for all those pedestrians who use this route on a daily basis.

Resurfacing

Clawing of the earth for resurfacing the road in the Bandra Kurla Complex, before the monsoons to prevent pothole formation and ensuring a smooth ride for all!

Urbanised Crow!

This crow had entered the building through the main door and was sitting on the staircase wondering how to fly out!

Bar

This bar is on the road to the International airport in Mumbai. Till a few years back it was a small little joint frequented by quite a few airport staff on their way home after a tiring day's or night's work. Apparently they have contributed a lot to the success of their fave bar!

Reliance Energy

Display of energy, late evening, on the facade of the new building of 'Reliance Energy' - the company that provides electricity to the western suburbs of Mumbai. This building is in Bandra (East), a suburb of Mumbai.

Gulmohur

Mayflowers or Gulmohurs as they are known in India add fire to the Mumbai sky in May with their bright red colors!

Golden carpet

There is a Golden Carpet every morning during summer when the road is covered with the peltophorum flowers. This is on a street in Bandra (East), a laid back suburb of Mumbai

M.G. Road - Mulund

Mahatma Gandhi Road in Mulund. Mulund is a suburb of Mumbai. Every city in the country has a popular street named after Mahatma Gandhi - also know as the Father of the Nation (India).

Hand Wash

In India we eat with our hands. The use of spoons/forks/knives for eating is minimal. So after eating the traditional way, the waiter in this restaurant brings a jar of water and a container and pours water over your hand for washing.

Waiter

The waiter in the Kerala cuisine speciality restaurant 'Rice Boat', in traditional attire. This restaurant is in Bandra - a suburb of Mumbai.

Sadhya

The 'sadhya' is an assortment of curries, rice, appams(like pancakes), rasam(soup) and payasam(dessert) along with papadums, onion rings and banana chips, all served on a banana leaf placed on a tray. This was the speciality of the day at the speciality restaurant 'Rice Boat' in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai.

Boat napkin

The napkin in the Rice Boat restaurant is laid out on the table in the shape of a boat!

Rice Boat

Rice Boat - a speciality restaurant in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai. This restaurant specialises in the cuisine from Kerala (Southern coast of India). This restaurant is listed as one of the must visit speciality restaurants of Mumbai.

Skywalk

A skywalk being constructed from the Bandra railway station in the east to the Bandra Kurla Complex. This is to ease the pedestrians' tensions of being runover on the street below.

Bells and more

Along with bells there are 'gadhas' (weapon used by Hanuman) that adorn the Ghanteshwar temple in Khar, a suburb of Mumbai

More Bells!

Bells!

Bells strung all across on trees on one side of the Ghanteshwar temple in Khar, a suburb of Mumbai

Lord of the Bells!

Ghanteshwar or Lord of the Bells, is the temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman (monkey God). This is in Khar, a suburb of Mumbai. Devotees donate a bell to the temple as and when their wishes are fulfilled. Looking at the number of bells it surely seems like a lot of people have had their wishes granted by praying here! From tomorrow we will see the temple and its bells from many different angles and closeups too.

Captain

The Captain of our boat steering us back to Mumbai mainland. Thank you folks for coming along on a trip to Elephanta Caves. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

Having seen the Elephanta caves we now return to the jetty to take our boat back to the mainland. On the way are these wonderful mangroves.

Tourists

Tourists relaxing outside the Elephanta caves with strays for company!

Bonding...

Simian bonding outside the Elephanta Caves off the Mumbai coast

Evolution

Evolution of the monkeys on the Elephanta island off the coast off Mumbai. They drink bottled water!

The curious one..

Outside the caves there are plenty of monkeys prancing around soliciting food and even water. If you look closely you will see a bottle of water on the tree!

Carvings

More carvings in the Elephanta Caves off the Mumbai coast

Carvings

More carvings inside the Elephanta Caves off the coast of Mumbai

Numbers - Theme Day

This is a picture of the Ghanteshwar temple in Khar - a suburb of Mumbai. This temple has a very interesting story which I shall reveal in later posts.
'Established 1960' is written in the Devanagiri script. This script is used to write in 'Hindi' and 'Marathi' languages - Hindi is the national language of India and Marathi is the State language of Maharashtra which celebrates its birth today!
The group of letters on the left reads established and the group of numbers on the right reads 1960 and refers to the establishment of the temple.

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