Showing posts with label Around Mumbai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Around Mumbai. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

The Taj-Gateway controversy

The Tata-owned Taj Mahal hotel is a popular haunt for tourists from around the world.
Some say the hotel was built facing away from the harbour, which is why it's French architect jumped overboard and committed suicide when he arrived by boat to see his masterpiece for the first time.
Some say Jamsetji Tata intentionally asked for it to be built facing away from the Gateway of India(a monument built to welcome
King George V and Queen Mary) because he wasn't allowed to stay in a British-owned hotel.
But did you know that the Taj Mahal Hotel was commissioned before the foundation stone of the Gateway of India was laid?
If it was, the second story is untrue.
Satellite overview