What is Boot House?
Boot house is a big boot shaped building at hanging gardens in Mumbai
Hanging Gardens
The Hanging Gardens, Mumbai, in Mumbai, India, also known as Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens, are terraced gardens perched at the top of Malabar Hill, on its western side, just opposite the Kamala Nehru Park. They provide sunset views over the Arabian Sea and feature numerous hedges carved into the shapes of animals. The park was laid out in 1881 over Mumbai's main reservoir.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were considered to be one of the
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one of the Wonders that may have been purely legendary. They were purportedly built in the ancient
city-state of
Babylon, near present-day
Al Hillah,
Babil province, in
Iraq. The Hanging Gardens were not the only
World Wonder in Babylon; the city walls and
obelisk attributed to Queen
Semiramis were also featured in ancient lists of Wonders.
[1]The
gardens were attributed to the
Neo-Babylonian king
Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled between 605 and 562 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife,
Amytis of
Media, who longed for the plants of her homeland.
[2] The gardens were said to have been destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2nd century BC.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are documented by ancient
Greek and
Roman writers, including
Strabo,
Diodorus Siculus, and
Quintus Curtius Rufus. However, no
cuneiform texts describing the Hanging Gardens are extant, and no definitive archaeological evidence concerning their whereabouts has been found.
[3][4]Ancient writers describe the possible use of something similar to an
Archimedes screw as a process of irrigating the terraced gardens.
[5] Estimates based on descriptions of the gardens in ancient sources say the Hanging Gardens would have required a minimum amount of 8,200
gallons (37,000 liters) of water per day.
[6]Nebuchadnezzar II is also reported to have used massive slabs of stone, a technique not otherwise attested in Babylon, to prevent the water from eroding the ground
How to reach there?(I mean hanging gardens of mumbai)
One can easily reach Hanging Gardens by boarding buses or trains, or by hiring autos or taxis from the city.Board a local or hire a taxi/auto or busVery near to charni road station (west) is this famous walkeshwar area at Malabar hill location, Just 15 minutes from station in Taxi. Some attractive places near Kamla Nehru Park are jain temple, banganga and Girgaon Chowpatty.
