Powai Lake (Powai)

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Powai Lake is a reservoir built by the English by building a dam over a small local river Mithi. The reservoir was originally designed to supply water for a growing Bombay city, although it is no longer used to supply potable water, the water being used now solely to supply the Aarey Milk Colony's milch-cattle. What is now the lake's bed was originally an East Indian village called Trimurti. When the missionaries Antonio do Porto, Manoel Gomes and Joao de Goa (John of Goa) had finally succeeded in converting all the locals to Christianity in 1557, the village was renamed Trinidade (www.east-indians.net/Powai.htm), or Trinity in Portuguese. To build the reservoir, the English government purchased the village from the Catholic Archbishop of Bombay, and the Trinity Church was rebuilt in 1846 at a location on the South-East shores of the reservoir

On the South-West end of the reservoir is a popular picnic spot for junior schools. The reservoir is also used for rowing and for fishing by the Maharashtra State Angling Association.

Incidentally, what is called Powai is actually several distinct villages, such as Tirandaz, etc., of which Powai is but one. If one goes strictly by history, the reservoir should be called Trinidade, as that was the last name of the village that now lies at the bottom of the reservoir.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powai_Lake
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Coordinates:   19°7'39"N   72°54'16"E

Comments

  • Exactly. It's Powai, not Pawaee. T
  • I fail to understand why. We don't need your fundamentalist ideals, dumbass. Leave the place alone.
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  • I like powai lake very much. For me powai lake is one of the best place where i can spent my time with my love one.
  • Powai Lake and Powai is the one of the best place in Mumbai.
  • So nice to pass by such a peaceful calm lake after the concrete jungle. The cool breeze in the evening is very refreshing.
  • I wonder people who support the christian names and insist on using it . i pity for those people who had hard time accepting original names founded by native people. New boys try to learn ancient Indian History and not taught by Priests and you will find all answers. FYI this country was founded and civilized before Muslims and Christians fundamentalist invaders attacked and every place in india had and still have it's Indian name with proper meaning.
  • It is wrong to equate India with the India (real or imaginary) of before Indian history took place. There is no sense in denying that India today is the result of India before history plus Indian history. It is not simple arithmetic addition, but India as resulted from its history. This is true for all countries. Can today's Europe be asked to go back to Europe before the World War II ?
  • Very very polluted lake !!!
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