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MALABAR HILL |
The expensive residential area of Malabar Hill on the northern
promontory of Back Bay is favoured for its cool breezes and fine
views. The forests that blanketed the promontory and the colonial
bungalows that pep-pered the hillside in the19th century have been
replaced by the back-to-back apartment blocks of Mumbai's nouveau
riche. The headland is named after the Malabaries, pirates from Kerala
who used it as a vantage point to spot potential targets. Like many
other hills in South Mumbai, chunks of it were used to reclaim parts
of the city from the sea. Thankfully an ambitious plan to reclaim all
of Back Bay by levelling the entire peninsula never got beyond the
drawing board. Here also, are the ruins of Walkeshwar temple build
sometime between 810 and 1260 AD. It is believed that lord Rama on his
way to rescue his sita, stopped here and made a lingam (phallic totem)
out of sand to worship Lord Shiva. |
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