Mumbai ka Kashmir

Mumbai ka Kashmir

For a while it looks like a scene from Dal lake - Kashmir. But it is not! It's Powai lake in Mumbai.

Since a long time I had been planning to go to Powai lake; especially in winter! Somehow I had to go to Powai in the beginning of Monsoon 2007.

It had rained a lot in the morning. It was still drizzling in the afternoon. I was scared to take out the camera in open air. Fortunately I found a shelter under a huge mango tree, and I could take a few shots.

Powai Lake was built by the British at an initial cost of Rs 6.5 lakh in 1890. It was named after Framaji Kavasji Powai Estate. In December 2005, IIT Bombay's Class of 1980 decided to raise funds for the Revitalization of Powai Lake.

There are a few crocodiles in the lake:-)

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  • So serene it looks, very beautiful. I pass thru it many times but never knew about crocodiles ! ;)
    Waiting for more of it.
    Cuckoo @ 2007-06-30 16:10:30
  • Very calm, cool photo. I love that narrow stretch of water that shows the reflection clearly. The crocodiles are not dangerous I hope?
    Sugata Banerji @ 2007-06-30 18:49:39
  • सुंदर! रमणीय!
    प्रमोद देव @ 2007-07-01 11:39:03
  • Sundar chitra re.. :)
    yogesh @ 2007-07-01 20:09:44
  • Nice View Abhijit! Post Monsoon?
    garghe @ 2007-07-02 00:07:26
  • breathtaking photo.....
    Suma Das @ 2007-07-02 02:42:18
  • Lovely colours Abhijit.
    navin @ 2007-07-02 11:20:57
  • Atishay surekh chayachitra aahe. :)
    Dhanashri @ 2007-07-02 12:58:32
  • Marvellous!
    Neil @ 2007-07-02 13:40:20
  • Simply superb
    Vivek @ 2007-07-02 14:22:44
  • Ok you really got me on this one. I did think of it as the dal lake although the naked man was making me think otherwise.
    Kapil @ 2007-07-03 15:09:21
  • Nice capture, beautiful place!
    Michael
    19 Seconds Of Spring @ 2007-07-03 17:03:32
  • Marvellous.....
    Shruti @ 2007-07-03 17:59:57
  • Very beautiful! Feels like meditation
    D @ 2007-07-04 11:10:38
  • First of all, thanks for your comment yesterday. Your photos and your texte are very interesting.
    Jean-Marc @ 2007-07-05 00:36:45
  • What a beautiful color combo. Abhijit, marvelous work yaar. Finding such beauty in between rushing mumbai requires a sight like yours.
    Hoping to see many such further.
    Amit @ 2007-07-05 20:48:21
  • nice images ! thanks for your vote - I returned you the favor :)
    Maarten @ 2007-07-06 01:25:16
  • you have made good image. Another view from IIT side where there are few tall palm trees and tall grass should also make interesting shot.
    BTW hope you know that photography of this lake is prohibited :) now with road construction on , the board stating so has disappeared though
    Ajay @ 2007-07-06 14:47:51
  • Nice compo and the wonderfully capured view !
    Kheoh Yee Wei @ 2007-07-07 09:34:07
  • beautiful scenic, what a magnificent place
    alek @ 2007-07-07 14:41:55
  • I think that guy on the boat is taking a risk with crocodiles in the lake! You have a very interesting collection of photos on your blog, many of them with excellent capture of light.
    Gavin Hart @ 2007-07-07 16:50:37
  • awesome...mindblowing!!!
    abhijit @ 2007-07-07 21:03:10
  • Like a hunter, behind the branches, you shot their. You hit the nail on the head!
    Greetings, Mariana Cuentos.

    Cuentos @ 2007-07-08 03:57:43
  • thanks for your comment,for some wierd reason i'm not getting any email notifications for the comments,wonder why,anyhow hit and trial worked for the password...
    shiv @ 2007-07-08 18:03:21
  • Beautiful and relaxing...
    Shazeen Samad @ 2007-07-09 02:23:32
  • Nice place to shelter and it created an interesting framing for the shot too. Would not catch me out there with crocs in the water.
    ROB @ 2007-07-09 02:58:03
  • Tena koe ehoa
    No way you'd find me swimming in this lake! Frankly I'm surprised anyone is allowed to swim in it with crocs also swimming in it.
    Looks like a great place to relaxe bar the swimming but.
    ndiginiz @ 2007-07-09 06:57:31
  • Looks like a very relaxing place. Well, it would be if not for the crocodiles!
    Heath @ 2007-07-10 15:39:03
  • A very beautiful and serene picture, you have some very nice photos on your blog.
    Barbro / Picturecave @ 2007-07-10 21:19:58
  • very nice image, so dreamy...
    BTW, I like your new blog design!
    austriaka @ 2007-07-12 00:52:15
  • Looks like a really nice place to bo boating !
    Regis @ 2007-07-12 20:36:59
  • Hi Looks good! Very useful, good stuff. Good resources here. Thanks much! Bye...
    govokinolij @ 2007-07-13 19:36:09
  • Such a peaceful scene.. makes me feel like joining them.
    om @ 2007-07-14 15:13:35
  • Very nice view, i like a lot this landscape :))
    jump @ 2007-07-15 23:37:57
  • What a peaceful place! Simply beautiful!
    Claude @ 2007-07-18 21:21:09
  • Excellent shot...Wonderfully captured!
    Thanks for voting my site.
    kalyan @ 2007-07-20 17:05:00
  • Amazing !!!! Incredible !!!! whether b/w or colours , wide or close up , too much !!!
    salvadore @ 2007-07-21 19:30:14
  • Away from Mumbai - within Mumbai! Sundar - lake is the most calm place in the whole world and I just love lakes - photo sundar aala aahe ! I wish the boat had just a single man in it - would have made it perfect!
    Ranjeet @ 2007-07-29 17:46:36
  • Its not about a place always..its about how a photographer takes it..u hv clicked best ouf it
    Vibha @ 2007-10-04 12:40:37