First City MUMBAI Revisited - 695

  FIRST CITY MUMBAI REVISITED 

Nothing as they say remains unchanged . Everything changes with the passage of Time . Two Decades as everyone will agree is a pretty long time by any standard .I am visiting Mumbai after a gap of 20 Years . Having spent almost 5 Years here , I used to pride myself of knowing this vast City like the back of my hand . 

How wrong I was . The very street and The Complex where I lived has changed beyond recognition. What used to be a run of the mill 3 storied Complex has now become a 20 Storied Apartment Block with Automated Parking Facility with a Prized Jewellery Shop in the Forefront . 

The entire city has changed beyond recognition. 

The place where I spent 3 years as a college Student 

The Locale around SASMIRA has also changed beyond a lot with a lot of new skyscrapers. 

Below is the undersea link to Marine Drive 

This stretch which used to take nearly an hour by road can now be covered in less than 10 Minutes . 

Matunga to VT could be covered in 90 Minutes if one was lucky enough without the Traffic Snarls , it now takes just 20 Minutes to cover the distance . 

One place that still retains its old charm is the Gate Way of India and the Taj Hotel . Commercial activity though has increased all around the place . 

The Famous Sidhdhi Vinayak Temple at Prabhadevi 

BAN GANGA  

Ganga JAL from Haridwar being offered at Thatha Samadhi in Ban Ganga , Walkeshwar with Villva Elai brought from our house in Ambasamudram  .

All in All , an all new Bombay/Mumbai 

PS : This is being posted even as I am Travelling on the 16339 - Mumbai CSMT to Nagercoil Express . Kindly ignore any Errors