tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600898.post114832179417280382..comments2024-03-24T00:01:47.962+05:30Comments on Straying Around: Mumbai names 2Abodhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001995471193860091noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600898.post-16200811842637271742007-07-28T11:18:00.000+05:302007-07-28T11:18:00.000+05:30bravo ddude.. this is enlightment indeed.. ...bravo ddude.. this is enlightment indeed.. <BR/> tottoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600898.post-1148700238224268622006-05-27T08:53:00.000+05:302006-05-27T08:53:00.000+05:30Bombay Addict : Thanks for the Bandra links.Nilay ...Bombay Addict : Thanks for the Bandra links.<BR/><BR/>Nilay : You are so right. Very ironic . If names are changed again then they would have to be sky-scraperwadi,concrete bhat, cement road and so on. <BR/><BR/>Rahul : Thanks for the Mumbai origin update.<BR/><BR/>Invizble Man : Thanks for the update on Bandra <BR/><BR/>Differently Challenged : Please keep adding your 2 cent's worth. Thanks for the interesting details on Pydhonie and Charni RoadAbodhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001995471193860091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600898.post-1148631992476561442006-05-26T13:56:00.000+05:302006-05-26T13:56:00.000+05:30Just wanted to add my 2 cent's worth:Pydhoni A few...Just wanted to add my 2 cent's worth:<BR/><B>Pydhoni</B><I> A few hundred years ago, people did was their feet here, just before they visited the temples here.</I> Its amazing how names outlast their origins<BR/><BR/><B>Charni Road</B> <I> In the early part of the 20th century, the local government levied a tax on grazing in areas around the main city(Now the Azad, Cross & Oval maidan along with cooperage). Some Industrialist (I think it was Tata) took this land on lease and allowed the cowherds to let their cattle graze in peace</I>Devhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115137837127510322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600898.post-1148584623605136832006-05-26T00:47:00.000+05:302006-05-26T00:47:00.000+05:30Cool post. To add to what Bombay Addict said, I'd ...Cool post. <BR/><BR/>To add to what Bombay Addict said, I'd read somewhere that Bandora was sanatorium and that the Portuguese sanatorium was in Bandra village those days. This could be apocryphal, remember this from a forward I got more than a year ago.The Invizible Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16454980260044582666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600898.post-1148568229338558672006-05-25T20:13:00.000+05:302006-05-25T20:13:00.000+05:30Nice list Abodh. Always used to wonder where these...Nice list Abodh. Always used to wonder where these names came from.<BR/><BR/>By the way in case readers dont know of Mumbai's name origin, it came from "Mumba Devi", a goddess the fishermen community. Thats how I belive the name Mumbai came, correct me if I am wrong.<BR/><BR/>I came to know of this from Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children"Happy-Go-Luckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853165481957131249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600898.post-1148546148364585402006-05-25T14:05:00.000+05:302006-05-25T14:05:00.000+05:30Hey Abodh - Jammed at work yaar, and life goes on....Hey Abodh - Jammed at work yaar, and life goes on. How have you been ? <BR/><BR/>I don't know what Bandora means, but I hunted up these two interesting reads here - <BR/><BR/>1. <A HREF="http://www.goldenbandra.com/backpage.htm" REL="nofollow">Golden Bandra</A>- Account of how Bandra has passed hands between various Portuguese people in 16th Century. Also gives the various names Bandra has been known by incl. Bandora. <BR/><BR/>2. <A HREF="http://www.worldisround.com/articles/11446/text.html" REL="nofollow">This blog post on Bandra</A> - some nice photos too. "Historians from 1505 to 1688 have referred to Bandra as Bandor, Bandera, Bandara, while ancient Marathi documents mention Vandra."<BR/><BR/>Your blog is just fascinating, I love it. Had hoped to catch up with you at the Bloggers Meet (which was <A HREF="http://citymusing.blogspot.com/2006/05/bombay-bloggers-meet-ekdum-dhamaal.html" REL="nofollow">loads of fun</A>), and hope to see you there next time. In the interim - and as old man Dilip points out - more walks are due, yes ?Bombay Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813763491251675343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600898.post-1148473861965039232006-05-24T18:01:00.000+05:302006-05-24T18:01:00.000+05:30Bombay Addict: Thanks.. What does Bandora mean. So...Bombay Addict: Thanks.. What does Bandora mean. Sorry, missed the Bloggers meet. How have you been.Abodhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001995471193860091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600898.post-1148363121205865592006-05-23T11:15:00.000+05:302006-05-23T11:15:00.000+05:30Abodh - superb ! really nice. I thot Bandra had so...Abodh - superb ! really nice. <BR/><BR/>I thot Bandra had something to do with Bandora from the Portuguese days..Bombay Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813763491251675343noreply@blogger.com