Foundation stone inscription "THIS STONE WAS LAID BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, THE LORD SYDENHAM, G.C.S.I., G.C.M.C., G.C.I.E., F.R.S., GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY. [MARCH 31st 1913]"
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Commemorative Stone of Gateway of India
One the very top of the arch is an inscription which can only be read if you crane your neck!!!
So i have taken the trouble to crane my neck for you... lol
The inscription reads "ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE LANDING IN INDIA OF THEIR IMPEREAL MAJESTIES KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY ON THE SECOND OF DECEMBER MCMXI."
Gateway of India in the public eye
The Gateway Of india is where people flock to especially in the evenings. Crowds throng the place just to enjoy the view, for a chitchat, to take snaps or just admire the architecture.
Photographers, people selling toys or just apna pheriwallas are selling their wares.
Some people though just prefer to loiter around. And be mindful of your expensive cams and wallets.
Gateway of India architecture
The architecture is truely fine. Although erosion and neglect have combined to ruin some of the designs. Clear weathering can be seen in the pattern of the doorway.
Gateway of India & Taj Tower
Gateway of India as seen from the boat. A familiar sight when the lights fade.
The Taj mahal Tower is behind it.
Gateway of India
The honour of being Bombay’s premier land mark would go to the Gateway of India. The first sight that would greet travel weary & shipbound Europeans after days of journey from their continent was “the great archway so ornately decorated and serene”.
Its feel very European but the décor being Indian at the same. A sight which they cherished since it was the first they saw of India & last that they would leave literally. It was on 28th February 1948 when the last British troops marched from underneath the great archway, back to merry England. Hence named as the “Gateway” to all their endevours in India.
It was built to commemorate the landing of Britain’s King George V & Queen Mary in India on 2nd December 1911. The monument finished construction on 4th December 1924.
Its made of basalt. The height is around 26 meters.
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