Skywatch Friday

A clear blue Mumbai sky as on 21Feb09 at 1624hrs. At the left bottom is the tip of the clock tower of the Crawford market.

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Thursday Challenge - Jewelry

Typical Indian Jewelry. The necklace with the black beads is clled 'Mangalsutra' and is the traditional symbol of marriage for the Hindu woman.

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ABC Wednesday - F for Fake

Fake Flowers being hawked outside Crawford Market  

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That's my world

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. In 1882, the building was the first in India to be lit up by electricity. The edifice is a blend of Norman and Gothic architectural styles. The friezes on the outside entrance depicting Indian farmers, and the stone fountains inside, were designed by Lockwood Kipling, father of novelist Rudyard Kipling. The market covers an area of 22,471 sq m (24,000 sq ft) which 5,515 sq m (6,000 sq ft) is occupied by the building itself. The structure was built using coarse buff coloured Kurla stone, with redstone from Bassein. It has a 15 m high skylight awning designed to allow the sunlight light up the marketplace.

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Monochrome Monday

This is 'Princess Street' - the gateway to 'olde Mumbai' in the Southern part of Mumbai.

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Camera Critters - Bozo

Bozo is our pet. We had adopted him from the streets of Mumbai when he was 2 months old. Now he is 5 and a half. He has brought a lot of joy for us and continues to do so.

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Saturday Photohunt - Warm

An athlete cooling himself on a warm day at the Mumbai Marathon 2009

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