Posted on: 20 October 2011

Saddleback (Mukrangurh) - A sketch from the new road below Carnac and Falkland Points - Mahableshwar - 4th November 1871

Water-colour painting of the mountains at Mahableshwar by John Frederick Lester (1825-1915) dated 4th November 1871. This image is from an allum of watercolours made between 1865 and 1877 in Kathiawar, Bombay, Poona, Mahabaleshwar and Savantvadi State.

Mahabaleshwar is a popular hill station situated at a height of 1372 metres in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra, western India. It is one of the wettest places in the mountains as it receives heavy rainfall in the monsoon season. This area was made an official British sanatorium in 1828 and became a popular retreat for Europeans escaping the heat of Bombay (Mumbai) and Poona (Pune). Mahabaleshwar's famous ‘points’ offer breathtaking views of mountains covered with evergreen forests and fertile valleys.

Source : British Library


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These points are still today a tourist attraction

One of my favourite places!

I must say with great regret that hoards of tourists and rampaging construction activity of hotel industry is ruining Mahabaleshwar.

@ nitin. its not just mahabaleshwar but the story is same at every hill station. people in their greed to make money are doing the damage