01 ngo-15
Indawo endala kunayo yonke indawo e-Mumbai
ITayanga itanki. Sharell Cook. Ekhutshwe kwi-tip yaseMalabar yaseMalabar Hill, ekupheleni komntla we-Back Bay, iBanganga iTank yinto eyingcwele ye-oasis apho ivakalelwa khona ixesha elide limile iminyaka. Iitanki i-microcosm ehlukileyo yeso sixeko esihamba ngokukhawuleza, kwaye enye ininzi abantu abahlala kuyo. Oku kuqondakalayo, njengoko i-Banganga Tank eyimfihlo ayikho ndawo apho inokudlulelwa ngokukhawuleza.
I-Banganga Tank yokutyelela inikeza ithuba elikhethekileyo lokuzifaka emzimbeni kweso sixeko, kwaye ufunde malunga nendlela yavela ngayo kwiziqithi ezisixhenxe ezinabantu abahlala kwi-metropolis ephakamileyo namhlanje.
Iingoma zeTayanga iTank
Imvelaphi yeBanganga Tank iqhutywe kwimbali ekuthandana nayo yonke indlela eya kwi-Hindu epic, iRamayana (oku kuthiwa ibhaliwe malunga neenkulungwane ezintathu ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu). Kubonakala ukuba, iNkosi uRam yema apho ukuba ifune intsikelelo yintsimi, ngelixa esendleleni eya eSri Lanka ukugcina umfazi wayo uSita kwiindawo ezimbi zedemon ukumkani waseRavana.
Xa wayenxanwe, wadubula i- bhan (iintolo) emhlabathini kwaye umlambo wamanzi omnxweme weGanga (Ganges) uMlambo waphuma ngaphantsi komhlaba. Ngenxa yoko, igama elithi Banganga. Ngoku, isibonda esiphakathi kwetanki sibonisa indawo apho iintolo zikaRam zihlaba umhlaba.
Ukwakhiwa kweTanganga iTanganga
Ummandla ojikeleze iBangaanga Tank ngokuthe ngcembe wahlakulela njengendawo yokuhamba, kunye neempempile ezininzi kunye needharamhala (izindlu zokuphumla zonqulo) eza. Abanye abahlali bokuqala baseGaud Saraswat Brahmins. Omnye kubo, owayengumlungiseleli enkundleni yokulawula iHindu Silhara yobukhosi, wakha itanki ekhoyo kunye nethempeli lase-Walkeshwar elisondeleyo ngo-1127. Imitha engama-135 ubude kunye ne-10 imitha yesakhiwo esakhiwa phezu kwetanki, eqhubekayo ukubonelela ukuhamba kwamanzi amanzi. Namhlanje, i-Gaud Saraswat Brahmin Temple Trust isakho kwaye ilawula itanki nethempile.
Ifa leMveli
Ikomidi leNdawo yokuLondolozwa kweLifa leMumbaji yaseMumba liye lachaza iBangaanga iTank ukuba libe yiBakala-Ilifa lelifa lemveli, oko kuthetha ukuba kukubaluleka kwelizwe okanye kwimbali kwaye akukho zinguqulelo zakhiwo ezivunyelwe. Uninzi lwezakhiwo kunye neetempileni ezijikeleze itanki zinamaBakala-II Indawo yelifa, ekhusela nokuphuhliswa. Nangona kunjalo, i-haphazard ephakamileyo iphakama ngokubanzi ngasemva, isongela ukuba iquleve enclave.
Uphuhliso olunzulu lweMalabar Hill lwaqala ngawo-1960. Sekunjalo, bekungekho emva koMlilo Omkhulu waseBombay ngo-1803, owawubhubhisa ininzi yeSithili saseFond, ukuba le nhlanzi enomthi (enamahlombe!) Yaqala ukuhlala. Umlilo owonakalisayo wanyanzelisa abaseBrithani ukuba bandise umzi ukusuka kwiphondo lawo kwaye baqhube abahlali ukuba bakhe izindlu malunga neMalabar Hill. Ukuhlanganiswa kweziqithi ezisixhenxe zaseBombay bekugqityiwe kwisigqibo sokuqala sekhulu le-19. Emva koko, emva kweendonga ze-Fort zachithwa ngowe-1864, abahlali beli dolophu nabo bafudukela eMalabar Hill.
Funda ukujonga ngapha nangapha iTanga laseTang Banganga njengamanje kwaye ufumene indlela yokutyelela i-Banganga Tank.
02 we-15
IJabreshwar Mahadev Temple
Tempile yaseJabareshwar. Sharell Cook. Kukho amathempeli angaphezu kwe-100 kummandla we-Banganga Tank. Ukuhla kweendiza zamatye, endleleni eya kwetanki ngeBangaanga 2nd Cross Lane, itempile yaseJabreshwar Mahadev idibene phakathi kwezakhiwo zezindlu, idala i-juxtaposition emangalisa. Umthi onomnqweno oqingqiweyo uzinziwayo etempileni kodwa akukho mntu unomnqweno wokuwususa, xa itempile liwa. Kubonakala ukuba, itempile lalingenalo igama layo ngaphandle kobuthixo balo obunamandla kodwa ukusuka ezweni elithathwa ngokunyanzeliswa, ngo-1840, ngumthengisi ogama linguNathubai Ramdas.
03 we-15
Parshuram Temple
Tempile yaseParshuram. Sharell Cook. Ekufuphi, iTempile yeParshuram yenye yezinto ezimbalwa zeetempileni zolu hlobo ekhona eNdiya. INkosi uParshuram, isiqu seNkosi Vishnu, unqulo olunqulo kunqulo lwe Konkan. Ukholelwa ukuba uye wadala iNxweme yaseConkan , ukubuyisela umhlaba ukusuka elwandle ngokuwa kweengxowa zakhe. Ngaphezu koko, ngokweSpanda Purana, kwakunguParshuram owadala umswakama wamanzi eBanganga ngokudubula umcibisholo wakhe emhlabathini.
04 we-15
I-Banganga Tank neTemeshwarwar Temple
Ukujonga kweTanganga yaseBanganga ukusuka ethempelini laseParshuram. Sharell Cook I-Parshuram Ithempeli inika umbono oqaqambileyo kwicala lasentshona laseBanganga Tank. Intaba ende ye- shikhara ( ithala lethempeliti) yinto ebizwa ngethempelesi yaseRameshwar, eyakhiwa ngo-1842. Nangona kunjalo, le tempile iphinda ibhekiswe njengetempile ye-Walkeshwar (kunye nabanye abantu abajikeleze itanki).
Ithempeli lase-Walkeshwar lokuqala labhujiswa yiPutukezi kwi-16 leminyaka, xa bafumana ukulawula iziqithi zaseBombay baza baqala ukusasaza ubuKristu. AbaseBritani babebekezela kwaye bakhuthaza ezinye iicawa, njengoko babenomdla wokutsala abafudukayo ukuya kwisixeko ukuze bancede sikhule. Ithempeli lakhiwa kwakhona ngo-1715 ngemali evela kwi-Gaud Saraswat Brahmin. Ukususela ngelo xesha, ivuselelwe kwakhona inani elithile, ngoku kutshanje kuma-1950.
Amanyathelo aseBangaanga Tank asebenza ngeenjongo ezininzi: indawo yokudlala yabantwana, indawo yokuhlalisa abantu, indawo yokuhlamba, kunye nendawo yokwenza i- puja (unqulo). Nangona kukho umthombo wamanzi amanzi, i-Banganga Tank njengendawo yokunqula iyanda kakhulu. Amanzi aphendulele obumnyama obungcolileyo kwizinto ezihlala ziphonswa kuyo njengenxalenye yenkcubeko yonqulo.
05 we-15
Deepstambhas
Deepstambhas kwiTananga. Sharell Cook. I-Deepstambhas (iintsika zokukhanya) ziphawula ukungena kwe-Banganga Tank, kwakunye neetempile ezibalulekileyo kuloo ndawo. Ngokumangalisayo, kuthiwa ungcwatywa ngcwele phantsi komnye!
06 we-15
Kwizitalato kufuphi Banganga Tank
Isangqa seTanganga. Sharell Cook. I-Banganga Tank igxinwe kwisitrato esincinci esinesitempileni , amakhaya kunye needharamsalas (izindlu zokuphumla zonqulo). Yenza indlela ye- parikrama engcwele, uhambahamba nge-tank ngezinyawo, apho amaHindu akholelwa ukuba anenzuzo enkulu yokuhlambulula.
07 we-15
I-Encroaching Migrant Communities
IsiPunjabi dharamshala (ngasekhohlo) kunye nolwandle olujongene nesakhiwo slum. Sharell Cook. Abafuduki abavela kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo baye badibana kwimida yeBanganga Tank baza bakhela izakhiwo zesikhashana apho, ukuguqula umgubo walo. I-Punjabi i- dharamshala eshiywe yinqanaba elisezantsi kwi-tank yolwandle-ejongene nomzantsi western-edge. Kubonakala ngathi, iifilimu zamafilimu zaseHindi zazigubha uHoli apho kuma-1930 no-1940. Ngoku, le ndawo ihlala kwikhaya labantu abahlala kuloo mizuzu embalwa edlulayo.
08 we-15
Ithempeli laseGanpati
Idol kwi tempile yaseGanpati. Sharell Cook. Ithempeli elincinci laseGanpati lihleli ecaleni kwethempeli laseRameshwar kwaye lakhiwa ngexesha elifanayo, ngo-1842. Izakhiwo zethempile zidibanisa iindlela zaseMarathi naseGujarati. Isithixo saye senziwe ngobuciko kwi-marble emhlophe. Le tempile iyaphila ngokuqhubekayo kwintlanganiso yeGanesh Chaturthi yonyaka, eyaziwa ngokubanzi eMumbai.
09 we-15
Ithempeli Lakshmi Narayan
Ithempeli Lakshmi Narayan. Sharell Cook. Kukho inqaku elibonakalayo laseGujarati kwi-Banganga Tank, ebonakala ngokucacileyo kwietempile. Enye itempile enjalo ithempeli laseGujarati Lakshmi Narayan, elisezantsi kwethempeli laseGanpati, kunye neentlanzi zayo ezimbini.
10 we-15
Ithempeli laseHanuman
Tempile yaseHanuman. Sharell Cook Ithempelesi yanamhlanje yeHanuman mhlawumbi itempile ebalabala kakhulu eBanganga Tank. Yakha indlu eqaqambileyo yecwecwe enezithixo zikaHanuman ezithwele ingqungquthela (endaweni ye-mace).
11 we-15
Ithempeli laseVenkateshwar Balaji
Shree Venkatesh yeBalaji itempile. Sharell Cook Ngecala lasenyakatho-mpuma yeBanganga Tank, iTemateshwar Balaji Ithempeli yenye yeetempile ezindala kule ndawo. Ukuzinikela kwiNkosi Vishnu, yakhiwa ngo-1789, kwindlela yaseMaratha kodwa kunye nedome eyaziwayo kwizakhiwo zobuSulumane. Itempile ayinqabileyo kuba inesithombeni seVishnu kunye nemaso ayo evulekile, kunye nezithixo ezahlukeneyo zaseGanesh. Khuphula amanyathelo ekunene njengoko ungena etempileni kwaye uya kuvuzwa ngombono obalaseleyo phezu kwetanki.
12 kwi-15
ISikhumbuzo samatye
KwiSikhumbuzo. Sharell Cook Kukho amatye atyhidiweyo amacwecwe ase-orange ahleli ngamanyathelo aqhubela kwi-Banganga Tank. Ezi pallias zikhumbuzo zamatye afileyo anqulwa nguGujaratis.
13 we-15
Dhobi Ghat
Dhobi ghat e-Banganga tank. Sharell Cook I- dhobi ghat e-Mahalaxmi yiyona ndawo eyaziwayo eyaziwayo e-Mumbai. Kukho i- dhobi ghat kwi-Bhagwanlal Indrajit Road, kwicala elisenyakatho-ntshona yeBangaanga Tank, nangona kungekho ndawo kufuphi nesikolo se-Mahalaxmi esisodwa.
14 we-15
Dashnami Goswami Akhada
Dashnami Goswami Akhada. Sharell Cook Ngaphantsi kwemithini yemithi ehamba phambili kwiBhagwanlal Indrajit Road, ekhoneni elisenyakatho-ntshona yeBangaanga Tank, iindawo zokungcwaba zomphakathi waseGoswami. Le mangcwaba engaqhelekanga yileli qela lamaHindu elithengela abafileyo balo, abathathe i- sanyas ( ukugatya ), endaweni yokutshisa. Okumangalisayo kukuba kusetyenziswa. Amathunya enyawo ezinabo zibonisa ukungcwatywa kwebhinqa, ngelixa i- shivlinga ne-Nandi inkunzi yindoda.
15 we-15
Ukutyelela iTananga iTanganga
Banganga Tank. Sharell Cook I-Banganga Tank inikezela ukufumana ukulungelelaniswa kwinqanaba elikhulu le sixeko. Kufanelekileyo ukuchitha ixesha elithile uhleli phantsi kwamanyathelo kwaye utyhila ubomi bemihla ngemihla. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba unomdla kwifa leenkcukacha ze-Banganga Tank, kukulungele ukutyelela. Ndaya kuhambo lwe-Banganga Parikrama ehamba ngeeKhaki Tours, iqela elijolise kwiindawo zokuhlala zefa lemveli eMumbai. Ngaphandle koko, i-Mumbai Moments inikezela iihotele ezinikezelweyo ze-Banganga Tank.
Indlela yokufikelela kwiTananga laseBangaanga
I-Banganga Tank itholakala e-Walkeshwar, kuMalabar Hill ngasezantsi eMumbai. Ukuba uhamba ngesitimela, iziteshi zendlela zoololiwe zihamba ngeCharni Road kunye neGrant Road kwinqanaba leNtshona. Uya kufuneka uthathe iteksi kwisikhululo.
I-Banganga Tank ingafakwa ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
- Ngendlela ye-Walkeshwar Road ngasempuma. Kwixesha elidlulileyo kwi-Walkeshwar Bus Depot kunye nokungena kwiGumbi loRhulumente. Jikela ngqo kwi-Banganga 1st Cross Lane, okanye i-Banganga 2nd Cross Lane ngokukhawuleza.
- Ngokuhamba ngeBhagwanlal Indrajit Road kwinqanaba elingasenyakatho-ntshona, udlulileyo kwiDashnami Goswami Akhada, indawo yokudumba, kunye ne-dhobi ghat.
- I-Dongersey Road ngasentla-mpuma-mpuma, ihamba phambili kwinqanaba lezakhiwo eziphakamileyo.
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