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Kala Ghoda Art Precinct | |
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Arts District/neighborhood | |
 The Kala Ghoda Statue | |
  Kala Ghoda Art Precinct Location of Kala Ghoda in Mumbai | |
| Coordinates:18°55′51″N72°49′59″E / 18.9307°N 72.8331°E /18.9307; 72.8331 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Metro | Mumbai |
| PIN Code | 400032 |
Kala Ghoda (IPA:Kāḷā Ghōḍālit. 'Black Horse') is a crescent-shaped art district/neighborhood inMumbai, India.[1] It hosts several of the city's heritage buildings including museums, art galleries and educational institutions like theChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, theJehangir Art Gallery, theNational Gallery of Modern Art, and The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art.[2]
The area hosts theKala 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 andFlora Fountain to the north andOval Maidan to the west. TheBombay Stock Exchange is to its north east.
The nameKala Ghoda is a reference to the presence of a black stone statue ofKing Edward VII (as the then Prince of Wales) mounted on a horse that was built byJewish businessman and philanthropistAlbert Abdullah David Sassoon, although this statue was removed from the precinct in 1965 and subsequently placed inside theByculla Zoo. A local legend stated that the statues of King Edward and the one ofShivaji on a horse at theGateway 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 theBombay Stock Exchange, merchants often traded shares at the junction of Rampart row and Meadow street.[6]
The Esplanade Mansion, India's oldest survivingcast 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 theLumiere BrothersCinematograph in 1896. The offices of art publication,Marg, are on the third floor of the historic Army and Navy Building.[8]
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