Tarapur is a sleepy little town/village some 45km north of Virar, near Mumbai. These images are from my FTII Diploma Film recce in the summer of 2005. A lot must have changed since then. The town was a narrow road with houses on both sides. Tarapur used to have a prominent Parsi population, which has dwindled since. The town has some very interesting and beautiful old houses. The major occupation at the time was making gold jewellery dies by hand. I had one of the best Parsi meals of my life at the Parsi Dharamshala in Tarapur. During the recce we had literally stayed in a garage kind of place called ‘Master Lodge’, where the bathroom had a water mug with baby scorpions under it. Another place I want to revisit.
A lovely pink Temple in Tarapur, MaharashtraHorse Cart in Tarapur, MaharashtraLovely old homes in Tarapur, Maharashtra
Deserted alleys in Tarapur, MaharashtraPeeked inside a locked house to find cobwebs and little else in Tarapur, MaharashtraA gecko in TarapurWill this charming house be brought down for a characterless new one?Another old house, lying abandoned.Love this charming old houses.The arches and the tiled sloping roofs. It must have been a gorgeous place once, lively with vibrant families.Wooden staircases lead to the attic.Dhanmai, a resident of Tarapur, stands at the gate of her charming house. Note the detailing in the pillar brackets.Love these houses…An old horse cart next to a charming house.A horse enjoys the evening sun rays…My heart fell for this space. You could just sit here, read, sip chai and read some more…Interesting spaces with interlinked corridors…Found this beautiful white horse. Unfortunately its front legs were tied… preventing it from being what a horse symbolises…A path through the village…An abandoned Dokhma or ‘Tower of Silence’A bird’s eye view from the village Water TankAn outhouse which contained a cart…A rusty old lock… is there a metaphor somewhere?The road running through Tarapur is fast urbanising with traffic and chaos.How gorgeous is this village!
Beautiful.Loved this post.Thank you for sharing
Thanks Svetlana. Have you been to Tarapur?
I loved the spider web and rusted lock pics the most. Thanks for liking my post.
Nice seeing all these pics …I stayed there from 1973 to 1974…my father was post master…