Final Transit

Hometown from a distance

September 2006, from the [tag]Gavdevi[/tag] Temple at Bhopar Village on the outskirts of my hometown, [tag]Dombivli[/tag]

Dombivli or [tag]Dombivali[/tag] is a suburb of Mumbai on the Central line. It has a population of about 1,193,000 (2001 census, provisional results). It is the first fully literate town in Maharashtra and the second in India. Dombivli is a predominantly Marathi speaking middle class city….

Sunset behind the Parsik hill where the [tag]Mumbra[/tag] devi temple is located. In a few minutes the path to the temple should be illuminated, and it looks like a bright serpant on the hill.

The blue-white [tag]Diva - Vasai[/tag] shuttle:

Finally, a goods train chugging silently:

The main [tag]Mumbai[/tag] suburban rail tracks are not visible in these pictures.

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6 Responses to “Hometown from a distance”. Add Yours

1. #1

   arbit ‌ May 31, 2007 19:16

   dombivili.. been there when i was small.. just remember having hot jalebis at a shop.. And ofcourse travelling on local trains..

2. #2

   Pijush ‌ May 31, 2007 21:36

   Nice pics, you have a cool site. I liked the picture specially. Thanks for visiting my blog, keep coming

3. #3

   peter ‌ Jun 01, 2007 12:24

   Thanks for your visits to my blog. I will try to give some kind of answer to your question concerning the Paris vineyard.

   I had a quick look on your site and blog. Looks very professional and interesting. I will come back and have a closer look, when I find some more time (soonest)!

4. #4

   Ash ‌ Jun 01, 2007 20:19

   Dombivli chaanach aahe!!! pan kiti gardi tithe.. aavraa..

5. #5

   Mahendra Palsule ‌ Jun 09, 2007 8:49

   Didn’t know about the literacy factor of Dombivli before! I hail from Ghatkopar in Mumbai…

   What I do remember about Dombivli is:
   1. It was as crowded as Ghatkopar
   2. It was the station chosen by that adventurous guy (whose name I don’t recollect - was it Dhananjay something?) to jump off from the Deccan Queen as it was sprinting from Pune to Mumbai…:-)

6. #6

   backpakker ‌ Jun 24, 2007 17:47

   Ive been to dombivili so often …it doesnt look half as pretty as your pics …but there issomething abt mumbai,no matter what people say

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