Sunday, March 01, 2009

Bombay Meri Jaan - Flora Fountain

A symbol of peace 
(Panasonic Lumix FZ50 1/640s at f/3.2 ISO 100)

Flora Fountain is a stone fountain situated in the Fort business district in the heart of South Mumbai, Mumbai, India. It was built in 1864. The fountain depicts the Roman goddess Flora. It stood at the approximate centre of town at the point where the original Churchgate of Bombay Fort stood.The square in which the fountain stands was officially named in 1960 as Hutatma Chowk (Martyr's Square).

2 comments:

  1. Very nice pictures on your blog. I like it !

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  2. beautiful pic.what i liked the most is the light falling on the sculpture and the bird in the pic!

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