Rani Bagh's mightiest Baobab

The secondary axis from the central roundabout flanked by Cuban Bottle Palms punctuated by the rotunda holding a bronze sculpture of "Charity"
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

The primary axis as one enters through the triple-arch screen; note the statue of Veermata Jijabai with the Young Shivaji that punctuates the axis
Photograph courtesy Homiyar Mistry

Welcoming vistas - a rich and diverse botanical garden - definitive archival documents stand testimony to its existence, value and growth over the past 150 years
Photograph courtesy Dhiman Chatterjee

An emerald isle in the heart of the city - Mumbai's one and only heritage botanical garden
Photograph courtesy Jehangir Sorabjee

A park embellished with several monuments - a view of the entry plaza showing the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum and the triumphal triple arch
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Wide pathways and large internal gardens - designed with foresight to prevent overcrowding and accommodate the thousands who visit
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Fluted columns and multiple arches of Rani Bagh's Triumphal Arch Screen
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Sculpted by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, Mumbai's famous "Kala Ghoda" surveys the advent of spring
Photograph courtesy Homiyar Mistry

Lady Frere's Temple at the end of the Cuban Bottle Palm avenue
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

A Lignum Vitae avenue
Photograph courtesy Homiyar Mistry

One of the many inviting internal gardens
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Rani Bagh's very own Japanese Garden
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Wooded ambience
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge

Pathways meet and diverge in the verdant park
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge.

Myriad shades of green
Photograph courtesy Shubhada Nikharge