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NM Petit Fasli Agiary, Churchgate, 1939, Designed by Gregson, Batley & King.
“Nasserwanji Maneckji Petit built the only Fasli place of worship existing even today, the N.M. Petit (Fasli) Atash Kedah at New Marine Lines” described as “perhaps the largest agiary in India and
“Nasserwanji Maneckji Petit built the only Fasli place of worship existing even today, the N.M. Petit (Fasli) Atash Kedah at New Marine Lines” described as “perhaps the largest agiary in India and
certainly the tallest fire temple.” - #Parsiana 2019 & 1979. A severely restrained treatment of wall surfaces and of features reminiscent of the early building traditions of the homeland of Prophet Zoroaster provide a modern interpretation of a temple. The guardian bulls were
sculptured by an Italian sculptor introduced by the firm of Art Floorings responsible for the pure white marble fire pavilion and the paving of the prayer hall. The bulls have been made the chief feature of the main facade and designed with a dignity, simplicity and scale that
When the #city is like a #museum, with layers of #history #stories in each breath-just go out& explore.We did exactly that😊celebrated #internationalmuseumday with young #designers walking around lanes of historic #bombay Thanks Bharat, Manu, Saurav Vaibhav for coming on the tour
The #icom theme for 2019 was: ‘Museums as Cultural Hubs: The future of tradition’ - we followed it by discovering the beautiful Maneckji Sett Parsi Fire Temple in our walk in #Fort. It’s the second oldest Fire temple of the Parsis in the culturally diverse city, made in 1733
Two grand #lamassu (protective deities depicted as hybrid figures including a human head, a body of an ox or a lion &wings of a bird) are seated at the entrance.
#InternationalMuseumDay #museumweek #womeninculture #secretsmw #playmw #rainbowmw #exploremw #photomw #friendsmw
#InternationalMuseumDay #museumweek #womeninculture #secretsmw #playmw #rainbowmw #exploremw #photomw #friendsmw
