Banganga Tank: Saib Sab Hauv Ancient Hidden Mumbai

2024 Tus sau: Cyrus Reynolds | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2024-02-08 03:52

Tucked nyob rau ntawm qhov kawg ntawm Mumbai qhov tshwj xeeb Malabar Hill, nyob rau sab qaum teb kawg ntawm Back Bay, Banganga Tank yog lub oasis dawb ceev uas nws xav tias zoo li lub sijhawm tseem nyob rau ntau pua xyoo. Lub tank yog qhov sib piv microcosm ntawm lub nroog ceev ceev, thiab ib qho uas ntau tus neeg hauv zos tsis paub txog. Qhov no yog to taub, raws li secluded Banganga Tank tsis yog qhov chaw uas tuaj yeem hla dhau los ntawm.

Mus ntsib Banganga Tank muab lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb los ua rau koj tus kheej hauv keeb kwm ntawm lub nroog, thiab kawm txog qhov nws hloov zuj zus los ntawm xya lub tebchaws uas muaj neeg coob coob mus rau lub nroog loj heev uas niaj hnub no. Nyeem mus saib ib ncig ntawm Banganga Tank thaum ub tam sim no thiab nrhiav seb yuav mus xyuas nws li cas.

Qhov Chaw Qub Ntiag Nrho Cov Neeg Nyob Hauv Mumbai

Lub hauv paus chiv keeb ntawm Banganga Tank yog steeped nyob rau hauv lus dab neeg sib tham tag nrho txoj kev rov qab mus rau lub Hindu epic, lub Ramayana (uas tau hais tias tau sau txog peb caug xyoo ua ntej yug ntawm Tswv Yexus). Pom tau tias, tus Tswv Ram tau nres qhov ntawd los nrhiav kev foom koob hmoov ntawm ib tug neeg txawj ntse, thaum nws taug kev mus rau Sri Lanka kom cawm nws tus poj niam Sita los ntawm kev ua phem ntawm dab ntxwg nyoog huab tais Ravan.

Thaum nws nqhis dej, nws tua nws tus baan (xub) rau hauvav thiab ib tug dej tshiab tributary ntawm lub Ganga (Ganges) dej sprouted los ntawm hauv qab no nto. Yog li ntawd, lub npe Banganga. Tam sim no, ib tug ncej nyob nruab nrab ntawm lub tank cim qhov chaw uas Ram tus xub tho lub ntiaj teb.

Kev tsim kho ntawm Banganga Tank

Thaj chaw ib puag ncig Banganga Tank maj mam txhim kho raws li qhov chaw mus ncig, thiab ntau lub tuam tsev thiab dharamshalas (cov tsev so kev cai dab qhuas) tuaj. Qee cov neeg nyob hauv ntxov tshaj plaws yog Gaud Saraswat Brahmins. Ib tug ntawm lawv, uas yog ib tug thawj coj nyob rau hauv lub tsev hais plaub ntawm lub txiav txim Hindu Silhara dynasty, tsim lub tank uas twb muaj lawm thiab nyob ib sab ntawm lub tuam tsev Walkeshwar nyob rau hauv 1127. Lub 135 meter ntev thiab 10 meter sib sib zog nqus qauv ntawm lub tank tau ua nyob rau hauv lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav, uas txuas ntxiv mus. muab cov dej tshiab ntws. Niaj hnub no, Gaud Saraswat Brahmin Tuam Tsev Trust tseem yog tswv thiab tswj lub tank thiab lub tuam tsev.

A Heritage Precinct

Lub Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee tau tshaj tawm tias Banganga Tank yog Qib-I cov cuab yeej cuab tam, txhais tau hais tias nws tseem ceeb hauv tebchaws lossis keeb kwm tseem ceeb thiab tsis muaj kev hloov pauv cov qauv raug tso cai. Ntau lub tuam tsev thiab cov tuam tsev nyob ib puag ncig lub tank muaj Qib-II A cov cuab yeej cuab tam, uas tseem tiv thaiv kev txhim kho. Txawm li cas los xij, haphazard high-rises loom ze rau hauv keeb kwm yav dhau, hem kom engulf lub tranquil enclave.

Kev loj hlob ntawm Malabar Hill pib thaum xyoo 1960. Txawm li cas los xij, nws tsis yog txog thaum tom qab Tsov Rog Loj Loj ntawm Bombay xyoo 1803, uas tau rhuav tshem ntau ntawm Fort koog tsev kawm ntawv, tias lub hav zoov tuab tuab (nrog tsov!) tau pib muaj neeg coob. Qhov hluav taws kub hnyiab tau yuam cov British musnthuav lub nroog tawm ntawm nws qhov chaw thiab tsav cov neeg nyob hauv tsev los tsim tsev nyob ib puag ncig Malabar Hill. Kev koom ua ke ntawm xya Bombay Islands tuaj feem ntau ua tiav nyob rau hauv thawj ib nrab ntawm lub xyoo pua 19th. Tom qab ntawd, tom qab cov phab ntsa Fort raug rhuav tshem xyoo 1864, lub nroog cov neeg tseem ceeb kuj tau tsiv mus rau Malabar Hill.

Jabreshwar Mahadev Tuam Tsev

Muaj ntau dua 100 lub tuam tsev nyob ze ntawm Banganga Tank. Nyob rau hauv ib lub davhlau ntawm pob zeb ntaiv, ntawm txoj kev mus rau lub tank ntawm Banganga 2nd Cross Lane, lub tuam tsev Jabreshwar Mahadev yog wedged ntawm cov tsev tsev, tsim kom muaj kev sib tw pib. Ib tsob ntoo peepal uas txiav txim siab ua rau nws tus kheej hauv lub tuam tsev tab sis tsis muaj leej twg xav tshem nws, yog tias lub tuam tsev ntog. Pom tau tias, lub tuam tsev tau txais nws lub npe tsis yog los ntawm nws tus vajtswv muaj zog tab sis los ntawm thaj av raug quab yuam, xyoo 1840, los ntawm ib tug tub luam npe hu ua Nathubai Ramdas.

Parhuram Tuam Tsev

Nyob ze, lub Tuam Tsev Parshuram yog ib qho ntawm cov tuam tsev nkaus xwb uas muaj nyob hauv Is Nrias teb. Tswv Parshuram, ib tug incarnation ntawm tus Tswv Vishnu, yog lub feem ntau pe hawm vajtswv nyob rau hauv lub Konkan cheeb tsam. Nws tau ntseeg tias tau tsim lub ntug dej hiav txwv Konkan, rov qab cov av los ntawm hiav txwv nrog lub caij nplooj zeeg ntawm nws rab hneev. Tsis tas li ntawd, raws li Skanda Purana, nws yog Parshuram uas tsim lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav dej tshiab ntawm Banganga los ntawm kev tua nws xub rau hauv av.

Banganga Tank thiab Walkeshwar Tuam Tsev

Parhuram Tuam Tsev muab ib qhosplendid saib thoob plaws sab hnub poob ntawm Banganga Tank. Lub siab dawb shikhara (lub tuam tsev ntauwd) belongs rau lub tuam tsev Rameshwar, ua rau xyoo 1842. Txawm li cas los xij, lub tuam tsev no kuj raug hu ua lub tuam tsev Walkeshwar (nrog rau ntau tus neeg nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tank).

Lub tuam tsev qub Walkeshwar raug rhuav tshem los ntawm cov neeg Portuguese nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 16th, thaum lawv tau tswj hwm ntawm Bombay Islands tuaj thiab pib tshaj tawm cov ntseeg Vajtswv. Cov neeg Askiv tau ua siab ntev thiab txhawb nqa lwm yam kev ntseeg, vim tias lawv tau mob siab rau nyiam cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw mus rau lub nroog los pab nws loj hlob. Lub tuam tsev tau rov tsim dua xyoo 1715 nrog nyiaj txiag los ntawm Gaud Saraswat Brahmin. Txij thaum ntawd los, nws tau rov tsim kho ntau zaus, tsis ntev los no nyob rau xyoo 1950.

Cov kauj ruam ntawm Banganga Tank ua haujlwm ntau lub hom phiaj: thaj chaw ua si rau menyuam yaus, lub chaw sib raug zoo rau cov neeg nyob hauv, chaw ntxhua khaub ncaws qhuav, thiab qhov chaw ua kev cai dab qhuas (kev pe hawm). Txawm hais tias nws cov dej tsis qab los, Banganga Tank ua qhov chaw pe hawm tau dhau los ua qias tuaj. Cov dej tau hloov qhov tsis zoo tsaus ntsuab los ntawm cov khoom nquag muab pov rau hauv nws ua ib feem ntawm kev cai dab qhuas.

Deepstambhas

Deepstambhas (txog ntawm lub teeb) cim qhov nkag mus rau Banganga Tank, nrog rau cov tuam tsev tseem ceeb hauv cheeb tsam. Astonishing, ib tug neeg dawb huv tau hais tias yuav faus rau hauv txhua tus!

Txoj kev ncig Banganga Tank

Banganga Tank yog flanked los ntawm txoj kev nqaim lined nrog cov tuam tsev, tsev thiab dharamsalas (kev cai dab qhuas sotsev). Nws tsim txoj hauv kev ntawm kev dawb huv parikrama, taug kev ncig lub tank ntawm ko taw, uas Hindus ntseeg tias muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau kev ntxuav.

Nkauj Hmoob Migrant

Cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw los ntawm ntau lub zej zog tau nkag mus rau ntawm ntug ntawm Banganga Tank thiab tsim cov qauv ib ntus nyob ntawd, hloov kho nws cov ntaub. Lub Punjabi dharamshala tso tseg muaj ib txoj hauj lwm tseem ceeb ntawm lub tank dej hiav txwv sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv. Thaj, Hindi zaj duab xis hnub qub ua kev zoo siab Holi nyob rau hauv 1930s thiab 1940s. Tam sim no, thaj chaw yog tsev rau cov neeg nyob hauv slum uas tau nyob hauv ob peb xyoos dhau los.

Ganpati Tuam Tsev

Ib lub tuam tsev me me Ganpati zaum ntawm lub tuam tsev Rameshwar thiab tau tsim tib lub sijhawm, xyoo 1842. Lub tuam tsev architecture sib xyaws Marathi thiab Gujarati. Nws cov mlom tau ua zoo heev los ntawm cov dawb marble. Lub tuam tsev no yeej muaj sia nyob thaum lub xyoo Ganesh Chaturthi Success, uas tau ua kev zoo siab hauv Mumbai.

Lakshmi Narayan Tuam Tsev

Muaj ib qho kev cuam tshuam Gujarati ntawm Banganga Tank, uas yog qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj tawm hauv cov tuam tsev. Ib lub tuam tsev zoo li no yog lub Tuam Tsev Gujarati Lakshmi Narayan, nyob ib sab ntawm lub tuam tsev Ganpati, nrog nws ob lub dwarapala (tus tuav rooj) cov mlom.

Hanuman Tuam Tsev

Lub Tuam Tsev Hanuman niaj hnub yog kab tias lub tuam tsev muaj yeeb yuj tshaj plaws ntawm Banganga Tank. Nws muaj ib tug ci ntsa iab pleev xim raulub thaj neeb nrog ib tug mlom ntawm Hanuman nqa ib tug dag (hloov lub mace).

Txuas ntxiv mus rau 11 ntawm 15 hauv qab no. >

Venkateshwar Balaji Tuam Tsev

Nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Banganga Tank, Venkateshwar Balaji Tuam Tsev yog ib lub tuam tsev qub tshaj plaws hauv cheeb tsam. Dedicated rau tus Tswv Vishnu, nws tau tsim nyob rau hauv 1789, nyob rau hauv Maratha style tab sis nrog ib tug dome uas yog ib txwm nyob rau hauv Islamic architecture. Lub tuam tsev yog qhov txawv txav vim tias nws muaj tus mlom Vishnu nrog nws lub qhov muag qhib, nrog rau ob qho tib si Ganesh mlom. Nce toj cov kauj ruam mus rau sab xis thaum koj nkag mus hauv lub tuam tsev thiab koj yuav tau txais nqi zog nrog kev pom zoo nkauj tshaj lub tank.

Txuas ntxiv mus rau 12 ntawm 15 hauv qab no. >

Memorial Stones

Muaj qee qhov ntxim nyiam cov txiv kab ntxwv pleev xim pob zeb zaum ntawm cov kauj ruam uas coj mus rau Banganga Tank. Cov pallias no yog pob zeb nco txog ntawm cov tub rog tuag uas tau pe hawm los ntawm Gujaratis.

Txuas ntxiv mus rau 13 ntawm 15 hauv qab no. >

Dhobi Ghat

Lub dhobi ghat hauv Mahalaxmi yog Mumbai lub chaw ntxhua khaub ncaws qhib cua nrov tshaj plaws. Kuj tseem muaj dhobi ghat ntawm Bhagwanlal Indrajit Road, nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob ntawm Banganga Tank, txawm hais tias nws tsis nyob ze ntawm qhov ntsuas ntawm Mahalaxmi ib qho.

Txuas ntxiv mus rau 14 ntawm 15 hauv qab no. >

Dashnami Goswami Akhada

Lub hauv qab ntawm tsob ntoo tangle ntxiv raws Bhagwanlal Indrajit Road, nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob ntawm Banganga Tank, daglub toj ntxas loj heev ntawm Goswami zej zog. Lub toj ntxas tsis tshua muaj nyob rau hauv Hindu sect uas faus nws cov neeg tuag, uas tau coj sanyas (renunciation), es tsis txhob cremating lawv. Remarkably, nws tseem siv tau. Cov pob zeb hauv qhov ntxa nrog taw rau ntawm lawv qhia txog kev faus ntawm ib tug poj niam, thaum cov neeg uas muaj shivlinga thiab Nandi nyuj yog txiv neej.

Txuas ntxiv mus rau 15 ntawm 15 hauv qab no. >

Yuav Mus Saib Banganga Tank

Banganga Tank muab kev txais tos rov hais dua los ntawm lub nroog frenetic pace. Nws yog qhov tsim nyog siv qee lub sijhawm tsuas yog zaum ntawm cov kauj ruam thiab nqus lub neej txhua hnub nyob ntawd. Txawm li cas los xij, yog tias koj xav paub txog cov cuab yeej cuab tam ntawm Banganga Tank, nws yog qhov zoo tshaj los mus ncig. Kuv mus rau Banganga Parikrama taug kev ncig ua si los ntawm Khaki Tours, ib pab pawg neeg tshwj xeeb hauv kev taug kev hauv Mumbai. Xwb, Mumbai Moments muaj kev ncig xyuas tshwj xeeb ntawm Banganga Tank.

Yuav Tau Li Cas

Banganga Tank nyob hauv Walkeshwar, ntawm Malabar Hill nyob rau sab qab teb Mumbai. Yog tias taug kev los ntawm Mumbai lub tsheb ciav hlau hauv zos, qhov chaw tsheb ciav hlau ze tshaj plaws yog Charni Road thiab Grant Road ntawm Western Kab. Koj yuav tau caij tsheb tavxij los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb.

Banganga Tank tuaj yeem nkag tau raws li hauv qab no:

• Via Walkeshwar Road ntawm ntug kev sab hnub tuaj. Lub taub hau dhau ntawm Walkeshwar Bus Depot thiab nkag mus rau Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Chaw Nyob. Tig txoj cai mus rau Banganga 1st Hla Txoj Kev, lossis Banganga 2nd Hla Txoj Kev me ntsis ntxiv nrog.
• Via Bhagwanlal Indrajit Road ntawm ntug kev sab hnub poob, dhau los ntawm Dashnami Goswami Akhada, lub qhov ntxa, thiabdab neeg.
• Via Dongersey Txoj Kev nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj, dhau los ntawm cov tsev siab siab.