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Introduction
India's economic capital and the abode of the candyfloss
silver screen, the spark called Mumbai attracts thousands
of moths towards itself round the year. Though it is
the lure of the Bollywood glamour and the promise of
a livelihood that make people run to Mumbai; the Arabian
sea and the Western Ghats topped up with the lip smacking
Paw Bhaji and Vada Paw along with important historical
monuments like Gateway of India, Elephanta caves, Haji
Ali mosque, along with the Bombay Stock Exchange, the
water parks and shopping malls, this truly cosmopolitan
city offers a heady cocktail of history and the contemporary.
The Hanging Gardens of Mumbai, though not as famous
as their Babylonian counterpart, are a nice getaway.
You can wheel off your free afternoon roaming about
the fountains and lawns of this terrace garden.
Location
The Hanging Gardens , also known as Ferozeshah Mehta
Gardens are located atop the Malabar Hills just opposite
the Kamala Nehru Park on Bal Gangadhar Kher Road towards
Colaba.
At a Glance
Built in 1880, on a slope of a hill, these terraced
gardens were laid out over Bombay's main reservoir in
order to protect it from possible contamination from
the nearby Tower of Silence- the Parsi cremation grounds.
Strewn with bestial topiary (clipped hedges) and fountains,
this well maintained park offers a mind blowing view
of the Arabian Sea at sunset.
Indianholiday.com offer information about the Hanging
Gardens of Mumbai as a place of tourist interest.
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