Walk along the streets of Matunga,Mumbai

Last Saturday, I went for a walk through the streets of Matunga.  Matunga is different from other parts of Mumbai because of its unique culture, architecture and eateries.

I have been visiting this place since my first term of Mumbai - then Bombay 26 years ago- mainly to visit Kochu Guruvayoor.  I used to walk from Mantunga West railway station and walk towards east.      This time, I was able to look beyond all my nostalgia and tried to capture life of the street to my camera. 

Kochu Guruvayoor,Matunga,Mumbai

Shops lining the pavement offer everything you want. Street food vendors and fruit and vegitable vendors come together to create an uplifting, bustling atmosphere.

Matunga has a huge population of South Indians especially, the Tamil Brahmins, who have been residing here for several decades. But the place is now dominated by Gujaratis and Kutchis who have moved in from South Mumbai.





Matunga smells of flowers. Matunga flower market is one of the most popular flower markets in Mumbai.  It has a Facebook Page. You see them everywhere. Different kinds of jasmine,  roses,  mullai,  thazhambu,  kanakambaram and other varieties are designed in different shapes.  

Since most of the customers are Tamil and Gujarati speaking , the vegetable and fruit sellers, most of them from North India  manage to communicate with the language of customers.

DELICIOUS LUNCH

Matunga has some of the finest vegetarian eating houses in the city.  I have eaten in most of these which are owned by the Shettys from Udupi and Mangalore.  This time I had a wonderful lunch from Mani's Lunch Home. They served Rice,  Chapati,  Dal, Koottu kari, Thoran,  semiya kheer,  special palakkad Iyer onion sambar,  rasam and chass in plantain leaves.