Mumbai Downtown

Kala Ghoda
Kala Ghoda (Black Horse) is a reference to a black stone statue of King Edward VII mounted on a horse. In 1965, this statue was moved to Jijamata Udyan in Byculla. But this tiny art district still retains the name.

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Pavement Gallery

The annual Kala Ghoda Art Festival is held here in February.

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‘Wire’ Artist

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Wire Art

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‘Name on Rice’ – Savi has one from 1998

Leopold Cafe
The Leopold Cafe was one of the first sites attacked during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. The cafe reopened four days after the attack.

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Leopold Cafe

Afghan Church
The Church of St John the Evangelist better known as the Afghan Church is a Presbyterian Church near Navy Nagar.

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Afghan Church

It was built by the British to commemorate the dead of the First Afghan War of 1838.

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Afghan Church

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2 Responses to Mumbai Downtown

  1. joshi daniel April 29, 2010 at 12:26 pm #

    so nice to see all this!

    • Madhu April 29, 2010 at 7:50 pm #

      Hi Joshi,
      Thanks for visiting our blog.
      I really liked the pics on your blog.
      Cheers!

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