Khaki Tours

#FiveGardens

Date:28-Feb-2026 | Time: 16:00:00 - 18:30:00
From INR 799
/- PER PERSON (All inclusive)

The plague of 1896 resulted in the formation of the City of Bombay Improvement Trust which was mandated with the creation of a more sanitary, more hygienic city. One of the initiatives of the BIT, as the Trust was called, was to shift populations from the congested areas of the city to the sparsely-populated areas north of the mill-lands of Parel and Lalbaug by creating new developments. And so the city’s first garden suburb, the Dadar-Matunga scheme was developed, the centrepiece of which was, and still is, the Five Gardens. On our brand-new heritage walk #FiveGardens, we walk around this centerpiece to discover stories of the city’s development hidden in its parks, gardens, streets, buildings and institutions.

Duration
2.5 Hours
Distance
2 Km
HIGHLIGHTS
  • Manto’s Bridge of winds
  • Maker of the original Sai Baba idol
  • Indian voice in outer space
  • Lady with a lamp
  • Origins of Calendar Art
  • First Hindustani musical “classes”
  • Jinnah’s Mumbai connections
  • Birth of Faster Fene
  • A ‘fascist organisation’ that made musicals
  • Benham’s ‘Hole’
  • Raja Ravi Verma’s Muse
  • A male performer who was a trendsetter in women’s fashion
  • Organisation that fought ‘Racism in art’
  • First Indian photo studio to have a branch in London
  • And of course, the Royal Opera House from outside!

Starting Point

St Joseph Circle, Wadala, Mumbai
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