Sunday, August 30, 2009

Camera Critters

A wet duckling at Banganga in Mumbai.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Saturday Photohunt - Surprise

Traffic police waiting to surprise and apprehend the traffic offender in Mumbai.
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Skywatch Friday

The Mumbai sky as seen on 21Aug09 at 1901hrs.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Thursday Challenge - Tranquil

A tranquil spot in the Veermata Jijabai Udyan in Mumbai.
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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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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

That's my world

The Festival of the elephant headed God 'Lord Ganesh' began in Mumbai in right earnest on the 23Aug09. Have presented a collage to show the different activities that go on, on the eve of the festival.
Lord Ganesh is considered to be the God who removes all obstacles from the path of your life, hence is worshopped at the beginning of any auspicious ocassion.
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Monochrome mania

The statue of Veermata Jijabai, after whom the Mumbai zoo is named, along with her son the great Shivaji - King of Maharashtra.
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