Flora Fountain, at the Hutatma Chowk (Martyr's Square), is an ornamentally and exquisitely sculpted architectural heritage monument located at the southern end of the historic Dadabhai Naoroji Road, at the Fort business district in the heart ofSouth Mumbai, Mumbai, India. Flora Fountain, built in 1864, is a fusion of water, architecture and sculpture, and depicts the Roman goddess Flora. It was built at a total cost of Rs. 47,000, or 9000 pounds sterling, a princely sum in those days. It was constructed by the Agri–Horticultural Society of Western India, out of a donation of Rs 20,000 by Cursetjee Fardoonjee Parekh. Designed by R. Norman Shaw, it was sculpted in imported Portland stone by James Forsythe.
Marvelous shot, as always. Very interesting history.
ReplyDeleteInteresting history and great silhouette shot of the architecture.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot of this historic building and flora fountain...the dark sky creates a moody look to this photo...
ReplyDeleteGreat silhouette fountain. Perfect for the letter F.
ReplyDeleteFantastic photograph. Well done & a super 'F' post.
ReplyDeleteFantastic shot! Fantastic!
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Comfort Spiral
Beautiful black & white shot, worthy of Monochrome Maniacs. :D
ReplyDeletemarvelous silhouette shot. A great 'F'
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Great shot!
ReplyDeleteGreat silhouette shot, hope we will see more colorful shot of it in the future.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful picture, I loved the silhouette,it's outstanding!
Léia
I love the silhouette against the sky which looks as if its about to pour down rain
ReplyDeleteawesom shot.....wonder how much it wud cost now to build somethin like this....maybe one of the Ambani cud do it.....
ReplyDeleteYou do such an impressive job with these backlit, silhouetted shots. Thanks, too, for the historical comments. Perhaps you'll show this in full view sometime?
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing and so lovely.
ReplyDeleteSherry
very stark.
ReplyDeleteAmazing shot ,
ReplyDeletethanks for the history,
it was very interesting :)
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It's a beautiful picture of a beautiful building. I love the way you bring Mumbai to life!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture & interesting history:)
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A very haunting image.
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