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Architecture of Mumbai

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The Imperials Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Architecture of Mumbai Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai The architecture of Mumbai blends Gothic , Victorian , Art Deco , Indo-Saracenic and contemporary architectural styles. Many buildings, structures and historical monuments remain from the colonial era. Mumbai, after Miami, has the second largest number of Art Deco buildings in the world. Victorian Gothic architecture Elphinstone college Bombay Architecture came to be present through the British in the 18th and early 19th centuries. At first it was the neoclassical style of architecture but later, the Victorian Gothic style (also known as Gothic revival) came to dominate the city. At first, due to the immense freed space it obtained, Gothic building only served as churches, as religious buildings built by people of the 11th century. However, soon enough there came a need for public halls, parliament houses, mansions, and the Gothi
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Magical World of Hampi

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"The abode of bygone ruins, rusty colors and fascinating landscape"   Hampi-The mysterious and magical land  Located in east-central Karnataka , India it became the centre of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire capital in the 14th century. By 1500 CE, Hampi-Vijayanagara was the world's second-largest medieval-era city after Beijing , and probably India's richest at that time, attracting traders from Persia and Portugal. The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated by a coalition of Muslim sultanates; its capital was conquered, pillaged and destroyed by sultanate armies in 1565, after which Hampi remained in ruins. Located in Karnataka near the modern-era city of Hosapete , Hampi's ruins are spread over 4,100 hectares (16 sq mi) and it has been described by UNESCO as an "austere, grandiose site" of more than 1,600 surviving remains of the last great Hindu kingdom in South India that includes "forts, riverside features, royal and sacred co
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