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#ChurneyOarts: Walk 653

Date: 27-Aug-2023 | Time: 17:00:00 - 18:30:00

- INR 599/- PER PERSON (All inclusive)

Starting Point

SK Patil Udyan

#ChurneyOarts: Walk 653

Date: 27-Aug-2023 | Time: 17:00:00 - 18:30:00

INR 599/- PER PERSON (All inclusive)

Marine Drive may be South Mumbai’s western seafront today, but the far humbler Maharshi Karve Marg on the other side of the tracks was the original seafront. Adjacent to the shore were grazing grounds - the Churney Oarts - on which cemeteries later came up. In the mid-1800s, the railway line pushed the sea further back, spurring the development of these idyllic oarts into residential and  commercial real estate. On our #ChurneyOarts heritage walk, we walk on this fringe of the former west coast, narrating stories of its development, interspersed with the sights of remnants from the days when these parts were oarts.

Duration
1.5 Hours
Distance
1.5 Kms

HIGHLIGHTS

  • A walk in the sky

  • A 'Japanese' burial-ground
  • Parsi merchant-princes
  • A fire of victory
  • The Mount Everest of music
  • An early 'coastal road'
  • Two roads for the queen
  • Walking over dead bodies
  • The grand-daddy of personal trainers
  • Meadows Street
  • And, of course, the actual Charni Road.

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