Standing Parsi Statue or the Khada Parsi and the Byculla Hotel - Bombay

Circa 1850-1870

Albumen print mounted on card

6.25 x 8 in   |  16 x 20.5 cm

The Standing Parsi Statue, also known as the Khada Parsi Statue, is a 40-feet tall cast-iron monument fountain perched atop a Corinthian pillar with sculptures of four mermaids surrounding the base. It was made honouring the Parsi businessman and educator Seth Cursetjee Manockjee Shroff (1763-1845). He established Alexandra's Girls English Institution, one of Bombay's first institutions for teaching women, in the 18th century. After praising a fountain with a like appearance at the International Exhibition of London in 1862, Cursetjee's son commissioned this one in 1867. Its location is now between two flyovers in Byculla.

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