Ready to pour

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Tea time

Tea time at the chai tapri outside Banaji Ateshbehram (Parsi Fire temple) on Maharshi Karve Road, Girgaon.

Walking the goats

Walking the goats in Bandra Kurla Complex.

When Mumbai was Bombay

This is how buildings were decades back when Mumbai was Bombay.

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Charni Road Railway station.

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Bangles to mobiles

From Bangles to mobile phones on sale in the flea market in chor (thieves) bazaar.

Tiny building

A cute apartment complex in Thakurdwar.

Mumbai monsoon sky

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Space crunch

Space crunch at flea market hence this lady vendor has managed to squeeze herself in the available space to sell her wares.

God re-homed.

These idols in Thakurdwar, discarded from apartments are now re-homed under a tree. In Mumbai, even God faces housing shortage.

Street Shopping

Shopping at the flea market in Kumbharwada.

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A street moment in Kumbharwada.

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Quaint building

A quaint old building in Thakurdwar.

On hind sight

One's views on hind sight (pun intended) 

Skywatch

The sky last afternoon.

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Sethna buildings

An old building in Marine Lines.

Odds and ends

A shop selling odds and ends for Plumbers and Electricians.

Chapel

A pretty chapel at the entrance of Khotachi wadi, Charni Road.

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The Goan Institute Building on Jagannath Shankar sheth Road.

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Tapri chai

In Mumbai a 'Tapri' is a shanty tea shop strategically located at the street corner, near college campuses, offices or basically near any establishment that will provide customers for brewed tea or chai. The above was at a street corner in Girgaon.

Mobiles for Peanuts

Mobiles for peanuts? At Chor (thieves) Bazaar.

Shades of grey

A break from the rains celebrated by the lone bird in Mumbai

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Mural

A beautiful mural in Khotachiwadi, Charni road.

Ready to ride

Directionally challenged goat ready to ride in Kumbharwada.

Goat in a hurry

The goat in a hurry heading for the scooter.

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Gusty winds and heavy rains in Bandra east.

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Artefacts corner

Artefacts corner in Khotachi wadi.

CDP Theme Day - Motion

Stirring to slow cook Haleem, a delicacy made of wheat, barley, meat, lentils and spices. This was clicked on Mohammed Ali Road during Ramadan.

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Clouded sky

Birdie flying home before it pours. A clouded sky last evening in Bandra east.

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Mumbai monsoons

The first rains of the Mumbai monsoons have cleaned the dust off the trees and leaves.

Street vendors

Shopping at the flea market near Null Bazaar.

A cute old chawl

A cute old chawl in Chira Bazaar.

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At the flea market in Chor (Thieves) Bazaar.

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A brief respite

At one of the street food vendors on Mohammed Ali road.

An old chawl

An old chawl in St.Francis Xavier Lane in Thakurdwar.

Monsoon sky

The sky last morning in Bandra east.

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Sweets shopping

Shopping for sweets outside Minara masjid.

Thirst quencher

A fruit juice stall to quench the thirst of shoppers on a hot afternoon.

Multipurpose

Use as a sun shade in the afternoon and as a bed at night! Smart porter.

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Street entrepreneur fighting the summer heat in the morning at Bhuleshwar market.

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Redevelopment in Girgaon

The old giving way to the new in Girgaon. From Bombay to Mumbai.

Cannons as bollards

These are Cannons inverted and buried to act as bollards or markers between Zaoba wadi and  Navi wadi in Girgaon. But the local story is that they symbolise the end of strife and beginning of peace.

Gordhandas in Girgaon

A beautiful old building against a cloudy sky in Girgaon.

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Spiral staircase

In the olden days domestic help were supposed to use this staircase and enter homes through the back door. This is one of the surviving relics of that period in Chira Bazaar, Girgaon.

St.Francis Xavier church

The St.Francis Xavier church, built in 1872 in Dabul, Chira Bazaar, Girgaon, has a bell that dates back to the 18th century and is a relic from a church in Vasai (Bassein) fort.

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Historic Girgaon.

The Students' Literary and Scientific Society's Girls' High School also called Kamalabai Brahmankar Shala, after its popular principal,  opened in 1848. It was the 1st high school in Bombay for girls. In 1884 the school moved to the present premises. This shows that education for girls was of great importance and was encouraged in Maharashtra in those days.
Information gleaned from Siddhartha of Awestrich

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The Mumbai Marathi Granth Sanghralay,in Girgaon, was founded on 01Aug1898 by MB Gurjar, NM Joshi, Shridhar Modak and Anant Pithkar, who were the educated elite of India those days. They started this repository of Marathi literature to satiate the thirst of the vast populace who had nowhere to go to access fine Marathi literature. Today the books there are used for research by scholars. The building has undergone a lot of changes since inception but remains true to its original purpose of literary education of the masses.
This information was provided to me by Siddhartha of Awestrich who took us on a walking tour of Girgaon.

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Girgaon

Thank you Awestrich for inviting me to this wonderful walk chronicling Girgaon by the well informed tour leader Siddartha. Learnt a lot about the cultural and historical heritage of Girgaon. Walking through Girgaon is literally a walk back in time. Shall post a few pictures of the walk this week.

The Sanskrit term "Giri" stands for hills and "gram" denotes a village. Thus, Girgaon means a village at the foothill of mountains. The hill referred to here, is the Malabar Hill, which is about 4kms away.

Colourful kababs

Colourful kababs on display in a stall outside Minara masjid on Mohammed Ali road.

Minaret and the moon

A minaret of the Minara masjid piercing a cloudy sky to be with the moon.

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