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{{Short description|Arts District in Mumbai, India}}
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'''Kala Ghoda''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]:Kāḷā Ghōḍā, ''{{literally|Black Horse}}'') is a crescent-shaped art district in the city of [[Mumbai]], India.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/kala-ghoda-mumbai-indias-emerging-art-district-1421856646 Kala Ghoda, Mumbai: India’s Emerging Art District] ''wsj.com''. Retrieved 4 September 2021</ref>
'''Kala Ghoda''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]:Kāḷā Ghōḍā,(काला घोडा)''{{literally|Black Horse}}'') is a crescent-shaped art district/neighborhood in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/kala-ghoda-mumbai-indias-emerging-art-district-1421856646 Kala Ghoda, Mumbai: India's Emerging Art District] ''wsj.com''. Retrieved 4 September 2021</ref> It hosts several of the city's heritage buildings including museums, art galleries and educational institutions like the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]], the [[Jehangir Art Gallery]], the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]], and The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com/aboutus.aspx# |title=Kala Ghoda Association » Kala Ghoda Arts Festival |access-date=6 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906133210/http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com/aboutus.aspx# |archive-date=6 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


It hosts several of the city's heritage buildings including museums, art galleries and educational institutions like the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]], the [[Jehangir Art Gallery]], the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]], and The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com/aboutus.aspx# |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906133210/http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com/aboutus.aspx# |archive-date=6 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The area hosts the [[Kala Ghoda Arts Festival]] annually in February. The area is sandwiched between Mumbai Port's docklands to the east, [[Regal Cinema]] to the south, [[Hutatma Chowk]] and [[Flora Fountain]] to the north and [[Oval Maidan]] to the west. The [[Bombay Stock Exchange]] is to its north east.


Each year in February, the area hosts the '''[[Kala Ghoda Arts Festival]]'''. The area is sandwiched between Mumbai Port's docklands to the east, [[Regal Cinema]] to the south, [[Hutatma Chowk]] and [[Flora Fountain]] to the north and [[Oval Maidan]] to the west. The [[Bombay Stock Exchange]] is to its north east.
==History==
The name ''Kala Ghoda'' is a reference to the presence of a black stone statue of [[King Edward VII]] (as the then Prince of Wales) mounted on a horse that was built by [[Jewish]] businessman and philanthropist [[Albert Abdullah David Sassoon]], although this statue was removed from the precinct in 1965 and subsequently placed inside the [[Jijamata Udyan|Byculla Zoo]]. A local legend stated that the statues of King Edward and the one of [[Shivaji]] on a horse at the [[Gateway of India]] came to life after midnight and battled it out on the streets.<ref>[https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/bUEWoABGaTajyxgDTtDAqK/Revenge-of-the-native.html Revenge of the native - LiveMint]</ref>  In 2017, the 'Kala Ghoda' returned to the area with a new statue of a similar looking horse without a rider, being commissioned by the Kala Ghoda Association. The statue, titled 'Spirit of Kala Ghoda' was designed by architect Alfaz Miller and sculpted by Shreehari Bhosle.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-over-50-yrs-on-kala-ghoda-returns-today-4456297/|title=Mumbai: Over 50 yrs on, Kala ghoda returns today|date=2017-01-03|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-06-08|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/kala-ghoda-in-mumbai-gets-its-dark-horse-back-without-king-edward-vii/story-wepqTCkJ2JokJUQc3ScRUK.html|title=Kala Ghoda in Mumbai gets its dark horse back without King Edward VII|date=2017-01-03|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-06-08|language=en}}</ref>


The name Kala Ghoda means Black Horse, a reference to the presence of a black stone statue of [[King Edward VII]] (as the then Prince of Wales) mounted on a horse that was built by [[Jewish]] businessman and philanthropist [[Albert Abdullah David Sassoon]], although this statue was removed from the precinct in 1965 and subsequently placed inside the [[Jijamata Udyan|Byculla Zoo]]. A local legend stated that the statues of King Edward and the one of [[Shivaji]] on a horse at the [[Gateway of India]] came to life after midnight and battled it out on the streets.<ref>[https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/bUEWoABGaTajyxgDTtDAqK/Revenge-of-the-native.html Revenge of the native - LiveMint]</ref>  In 2017, the 'Kala Ghoda' returned to the area with a new statue of a similar looking horse without a rider, being commissioned by the Kala Ghoda Association. The statue, titled 'Spirit of Kala Ghoda' was designed by architect Alfaz Miller and sculpted by Shreehari Bhosle.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-over-50-yrs-on-kala-ghoda-returns-today-4456297/|title=Mumbai: Over 50 yrs on, Kala ghoda returns today|date=2017-01-03|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-06-08|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/kala-ghoda-in-mumbai-gets-its-dark-horse-back-without-king-edward-vii/story-wepqTCkJ2JokJUQc3ScRUK.html|title=Kala Ghoda in Mumbai gets its dark horse back without King Edward VII|date=2017-01-03|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-06-08|language=en}}</ref>
Prior to the founding of the [[Bombay Stock Exchange]], merchants often traded shares at the junction of Rampart row and Meadow street.<ref name="wacha">{{cite book|last1=Wacha|first1=Dinshaw|title=A Financial Chapter In The History Of Bombay City|year=1910 |publisher=A.J.Combridge And Company. |url=https://archive.org/details/financialchapter031192mbp}}</ref>


The Esplanade Mansion, India's oldest surviving [[cast iron]] building,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=135972|title=Now listed as 'endangered', Watson's Hotel was once toast of Bombay|last=Choudhury|first=Chitrangada|date=2005-06-24|work=[[Indian Express]]|publisher=[[Express Group]]|access-date=2008-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612050214/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=135972|archive-date=12 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> is in Kala Ghoda. Formerly known as Watson's Hotel, it was the site where films were introduced to India with a screening of the [[Lumiere Brothers]] [[Cinematograph]] in 1896. The offices of art publication, ''[[Marg (magazine)|Marg]]'', are on the third floor of the historic Army and Navy Building.<ref>[http://www.marg-art.org/aboutus.asp [[Marg (magazine)|Marg]] website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507153025/http://www.marg-art.org/aboutus.asp |date=2009-05-07 }}</ref>
==Landmarks==


Prior to the founding of the [[Bombay Stock Exchange|Bombay Stock exchange]], merchants often traded shares at the junction of Rampart row and Meadow street.<ref name="wacha">{{cite book|last1=Wacha|first1=Dinshaw|title=A Financial Chapter In The History Of Bombay City|url=https://archive.org/details/financialchapter031192mbp}}</ref>
The Esplanade Mansion, India's oldest surviving [[cast iron]] building,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=135972|title=Now listed as 'endangered', Watson's Hotel was once toast of Bombay|last=Choudhury|first=Chitrangada|date=2005-06-24|work=[[Indian Express]]|publisher=[[Express Group]]|access-date=2008-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612050214/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=135972|archive-date=12 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> is in Kala Ghoda. Formerly known as Watson's Hotel, it was the site where films were introduced to India with a screening of the [[Lumiere Brothers]] [[Cinematograph]] in 1896. The offices of art publication, ''[[Marg (magazine)|Marg]]'', are on the third floor of the historic Army and Navy Building.<ref>[http://www.marg-art.org/aboutus.asp Marg Magazine website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507153025/http://www.marg-art.org/aboutus.asp |date=2009-05-07 }}</ref>


==Landmarks==
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* [[Watson's Hotel|Esplanade Mansion]], once Mumbai's premier and pioneering [[Watson's Hotel]]
* [[Watson's Hotel|Esplanade Mansion]], once Mumbai's premier and pioneering [[Watson's Hotel]]
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==Gallery==
{{Gallery
{{Gallery
|title= Kala Ghoda Area Landmarks
|title= Kala Ghoda Area Landmarks
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| File:Kala ghoda mural.jpg|Kala Ghoda mural depicting a black horse
| File:Kala ghoda mural.jpg|Kala Ghoda mural depicting a black horse
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==See also==
* [[Kala Ghoda Arts Festival]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|Kala Ghoda}}
* [http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com Kala Ghoda Art Festival Organizing Committee]
* [http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com Kala Ghoda Art Festival Organizing Committee]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209030021/http://www.saffronart.com/artfest/kalaghoda_area.asp A History of the District]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209030021/http://www.saffronart.com/artfest/kalaghoda_area.asp A History of the District]
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Public art in Mumbai]]

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Kala Ghoda Art Precinct
Arts District/neighborhood
The Kala Ghoda Statue
The Kala Ghoda Statue
Kala Ghoda Art Precinct is located in Mumbai
Kala Ghoda Art Precinct
Kala Ghoda Art Precinct
Location of Kala Ghoda in Mumbai
Coordinates: 18°55′51″N 72°49′59″E / 18.9307°N 72.8331°E / 18.9307; 72.8331
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra
MetroMumbai
PIN Code
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'Kala Ghoda signage'

Kala Ghoda (IPA:Kāḷā Ghōḍā,(काला घोडा)lit. 'Black Horse') is a crescent-shaped art district/neighborhood in Mumbai, India.[1] It hosts several of the city's heritage buildings including museums, art galleries and educational institutions like the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, the Jehangir Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Modern Art, and The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art.[2]

The area hosts the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival annually in February. The area is sandwiched between Mumbai Port's docklands to the east, Regal Cinema to the south, Hutatma Chowk and Flora Fountain to the north and Oval Maidan to the west. The Bombay Stock Exchange is to its north east.

History[edit | edit source]

The name Kala Ghoda is a reference to the presence of a black stone statue of King Edward VII (as the then Prince of Wales) mounted on a horse that was built by Jewish businessman and philanthropist Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, although this statue was removed from the precinct in 1965 and subsequently placed inside the Byculla Zoo. A local legend stated that the statues of King Edward and the one of Shivaji on a horse at the Gateway of India came to life after midnight and battled it out on the streets.[3] In 2017, the 'Kala Ghoda' returned to the area with a new statue of a similar looking horse without a rider, being commissioned by the Kala Ghoda Association. The statue, titled 'Spirit of Kala Ghoda' was designed by architect Alfaz Miller and sculpted by Shreehari Bhosle.[4][5]

Prior to the founding of the Bombay Stock Exchange, merchants often traded shares at the junction of Rampart row and Meadow street.[6]

Landmarks[edit | edit source]

The Esplanade Mansion, India's oldest surviving cast iron building,[7] is in Kala Ghoda. Formerly known as Watson's Hotel, it was the site where films were introduced to India with a screening of the Lumiere Brothers Cinematograph in 1896. The offices of art publication, Marg, are on the third floor of the historic Army and Navy Building.[8]

Kala Ghoda Area Landmarks

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Kala Ghoda, Mumbai: India's Emerging Art District wsj.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021
  2. ↑ "Kala Ghoda Association » Kala Ghoda Arts Festival". Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Revenge of the native - LiveMint
  4. ↑ "Mumbai: Over 50 yrs on, Kala ghoda returns today". The Indian Express. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kala Ghoda in Mumbai gets its dark horse back without King Edward VII". hindustantimes.com/. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Wacha, Dinshaw (1910). A Financial Chapter In The History Of Bombay City. A.J.Combridge And Company.
  7. ↑ Choudhury, Chitrangada (24 June 2005). "Now listed as 'endangered', Watson's Hotel was once toast of Bombay". Indian Express. Express Group. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  8. ↑ Marg Magazine website Archived 2009-05-07 at the Wayback Machine

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