A Rani Bagh tree trail kicks off - an ideal venue for an open-to-the-skies nature interpretation centre.
Photograph courtesy Bittu Sahgal
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Large internal gardens - designed with foresight to prevent
overcrowding and accommodate the thousands who visit.
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge
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"Forming an oasis of verdure and floral beauty amidst a wilderness
of streets and dusty roads the poorest inhabitants in their holiday
hours will there have a 'compound' of their own to resort to, with
which that of the biggest sett cannot compare." - TOI editorial comment, July 22, 1865.
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge
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A park for all seasons and reasons - thousands of citizens
throng Rani Bagh on festival days.
Photograph courtesy Hutokshi Rustomfram
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Children from the Byculla Municipal School attend
a tree trail conducted by the Save Rani Bagh Committee as part of the 150-year celebrations.
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge
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An affordable entry fee promotes an egalitarian ethos.
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge.
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A 150-year-old cradle for botany students - SIES College pupils on an early morning outing.
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge.
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A readymade venue for nature sensitization and
conservation education - children at a painting
session organized by the BMC.
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge.
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A park protected in its 150th year ... so that the sense of
wonderment and discovery can be passed on to future generations.
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge.
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Children posing in the hollow of a massive Rain Tree.
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge.
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