Wednesday, August 26, 2009

ABC Wednesday - F for Flora Fountain

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.
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22 comments:

  1. Marvelous shot, as always. Very interesting history.

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  2. Interesting history and great silhouette shot of the architecture.

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  3. Beautiful shot of this historic building and flora fountain...the dark sky creates a moody look to this photo...

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  4. Great silhouette fountain. Perfect for the letter F.

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  5. Fantastic photograph. Well done & a super 'F' post.

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  6. Beautiful black & white shot, worthy of Monochrome Maniacs. :D

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  7. marvelous silhouette shot. A great 'F'

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  8. des ombres chinoises magnifique. bravo pour la photo
    Chinese shades splendid. bravo for the photograph

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  9. Great silhouette shot, hope we will see more colorful shot of it in the future.

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  10. Hello dear friend!
    What a beautiful picture, I loved the silhouette,it's outstanding!
    Léia

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  11. I love the silhouette against the sky which looks as if its about to pour down rain

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  12. awesom shot.....wonder how much it wud cost now to build somethin like this....maybe one of the Ambani cud do it.....

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  13. You 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?

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  14. This is amazing and so lovely.
    Sherry

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  15. Amazing shot ,
    thanks for the history,
    it was very interesting :)

    (Can you read those comments upside... )
    LOL

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  16. It's a beautiful picture of a beautiful building. I love the way you bring Mumbai to life!

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  17. Beautiful picture & interesting history:)
    Have a nice day.

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