Flora Fountain, at the Hutatma Chowk (Martyr’s Square), is an ornamentally and exquisitely sculpted architectural heritage monument located at the southern end of the historic Dadabhai Naoroji Road, called the Mile Long Road, at the Fort business district in the heart of South Mumbai, Mumbai,India. Flora Fountain, built in 1864, is a fusion of water, architecture and sculpture, and depicts the Roman goddess Flora. It was built at a total cost of Rs. 47,000, or 9000 pounds sterling, a princely sum in those days.
About Fountain
Flora fountain is beautifully adorned stone fountain which is located in the Fort area in South Mumbai. The fountain was built in 1864. It represents the Roman Goddess Flora which is the ‘Goddess of Abundance’. Today, Flora fountain is a heritage structure. The total cost to build this structure was Rs. 47,000 which was a considerable amount during that time. It was constructed by the Agri-Horticultural Soceity of Western India. A donation of Rs 20,000 by Cursetjee Fardoonjee Parekh was used to erect this fountain. It was designed by R. Norman Shaw and it was sculpted by James Forsythe.