Saturday, May 9, 2009

Saturday Photohunt - In Memory



Crawford Market (officially Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Market) is one of South Mumbai's most famous markets. It is named after Arthur Crawford, the first Municipal Commissioner of the city. The market is situated opposite the Mumbai Police headquarters, just north of Victoria Terminus railway station and west of the J.J.flyover at a busy intersection. The market houses a wholesale fruit, vegetable and poultry market. One end of the market is a pet store. Most of the sellers inside the market nowadays sell imported items such as foods, cosmetics, household and gift items. It was the main wholesale market for fruits in Mumbai until March 1996, when the wholesale traders were relocated to Navi Mumbai (New Bombay). The building, completed in 1869, was donated to the city by Cowasji Jehangir. After India's independence, the market was renamed after Maharashtrian social reformer, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, whose statue is placed at the entrance.
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11 comments:

  1. Hello dear friend
    Another fabulous post!
    I would like to visit this Market, I bet I could find differents "cats stuffs"in the pet store there!Very interesting!
    Have a nice weekend
    Léia :-)

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  2. Terrific post! Great shot and loved all the information! Have a great weekend!

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  3. Imposing and historical!
    Aloha & Namaste

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  4. Nice! I never knew the whole story, thanx :)

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  5. This is great, very interesting. I enjoy seeing this kind of stone work.

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  6. I always love your photos, and especially enjoy hearing a little background or history. And I'm all in favor of the re-naming. Some of our beautiful Western mountains are named for military and war heroes. I think there's plenty of other things to honor them with, and give more poetic names to the mountains.

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  7. Thanks for the history, as well as the photos! I remember Crawford Market. It was actually the first market of the kind that I had even been to and I travelled halfway around the world for the experience!

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  8. I've seen this place in several movies, but never knew anything about it until I started reading your blog. Actually, there are several things in Mumbai that meet that description. Always fascinating!

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