Banganga Tank
Spring-fed temple tank from the eleventh century, with stepped stone ghats and dozens of surrounding shrines.
This guide to Banganga Tank in Mumbai opens with the Ramayana legend behind the saffron flag at its center, tracing Rama and Lakshmana's exhausted journey south and the arrow said to have opened a channel to the sacred Ganges. It follows the tank's very different documented history, from a twelfth-century minister who cut its stone ghats as an offering to Shiva through a later rebuilding, and takes you through the dense lanes of shrines and temples that now crowd around the water. Listen for how the guide squares the myth against the stone steps beneath your feet, best felt walking the ghats at your own pace rather than from one fixed spot.
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