Super Flower Moon

The Super Flower Moon this morning at 6 am.

The full moon in May was named the "Flower Moon" by several Native American tribes because of the large number of flowers that bloom this month, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. It is also sometimes referred to as the Mother's Moon, Milk Moon, and Corn Planting Moon, references to a time of increased fertility.

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CDP Theme Day -Shopping

Shopping for veggies and tender coconuts during lockdown in Bandra east. The shoppers can call them and place your order which shall be then delivered in the lobby of your apartment complex. They generally spend around an hour outside every apartment complex.
Have taken a tall frame to include the cloudy sky too. 😀

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Parrots meet up

All maintaining safe distance.

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Smog free

A beautiful blue sky with rows of clouds and a fly past in Mumbai.

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Morning sky

The moon waiting to rest on the fluffy bed and a pigeon racing towards it in the morning blue sky of Mumbai.

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Mumbai blues

Mumbai suburban skyline.

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The morning moon

The morning moon in a clear blue Mumbai sky with a black kite and wispy clouds for company.

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Sunrays

Sunrise in Bandra, Mumbai.

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Identity crisis

A brown kite (called a black kite) watching a brown building. Wonder why it is called a black kite when it is brown,

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Moonset

Spot the setting faded moon in the Mumbai morning sky as seen from Bandra.

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Our Lady of Fatima

In front of the shrine of Mount Mary in Bandra stands the oratory of Our Lady of Fatima built to commemorate the National Marian Congress held in Bombay in December 1954. It is also a fine specimen of archi­tecture with a round staircase on both sides with arches below and over a central arch a structure with four minarets and a central spire.
Info sourced from Maharashtra State Gazetteers.

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Profile of Mount Mary church

The shrine of Our Lady of the Mount popularly known as Mount Mary or Mat Mauli, the corrupted form of Mata Mauli or Mother Mauli, is one of the most famous Christian shrines in India. The shrine, at that time a modest little hermitage, was founded by the Jesuits round about the years 1568-1570. In 1640 the hermitage was enlarged into a chapel. However another reference states, " In the year 1678 a chapel was built by the Portuguese and named Capella de N. Senhora do Monte, which was made filial to the ancient church of St. Anne."( B. L. D'silva in the Indian Antiquary XIX, pp. 443-44.) However one thing is certain that by 1679 it had become a famous place of pilgrimage frequented by Christrians and non-Christians alike. The present church which is a fine example of Gothic architecture with its noble facade and its soaring spires was built in 1904. he status of the shrine of Mount Mary was raised to a Minor Basilica by Pope Pius XII, at the time of the centenary celebrations of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
A huge fair is held in honour of Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ and is celebrated during the Octave (Sunday to Sunday) following the feast on 8th September. During the period thousands of devotees from all walks of life with no discrimination of caste and creed throng the road leading to the chapel of Our Lady of the Mount that goes to show the secular nature and cosmopolitan character of Bombay city.
Info sourced from Maharashtra State Gazetteers 

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St.Andrew's church

St. Andrew's Church is one of the oldest churches in Mumbai, built by the Portuguese Jesuits in 1575. Built by the sea in Bandra, it was the only church there till the first quarter of the 17th century.

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A minaret

A minaret of Haji Ali mausoleum in Worli.

Colours of Mumbai

Green trees below a blue sky with a bird performing aerobatics in Bandra.

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Clouds and birds

Clouds and birds enjoying a cool afternoon in Mumbai.

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Mumbai morning moon

The Mumbai morning moon seen, in a clear blue sky in Bandra east, with a bird and a branch for company.

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Silhouette

Silhouette of a coppersmith barbet against a bright blue sky of Mumbai in Bandra east.

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Romance in the sky

The bird wooing the moon, up in a clear blue sky, in Bandra.

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Bright and beautiful

Buildings as old as the pretty sky in the background on D.N. Road, Fort.

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