Gateway of India

Built in 1911 to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Delhi Durbar, the Gateway of India monument is located on the waterfront in South Mumbai.

It is directly opposite the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, one of the iconic landmarks targeted in the recent terror attack in Mumbai.

Seen here in the foreground is one of the Kabootar Khana's (read, feed the pigeons), very representative of normal times. But presently the area is being used for rescue operations, including the Minarets (towers) of the Gateway monument by snipers.

Image retrieved from one of my old disk backups and post-processed on picnik.com for selective b+w treatment.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India