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Malabar Hill, a hillock in southern Mumbai, India is an upmarket VVIP residential area which has the Government Guest House Sahaydri, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra's Bungalow, official residences of VIP state officials, famous Hanging Gardens, Jain Temple & Banganga Tank. Situated at a height of , it is the highest point in South Mumbai offering a beautiful scenic view of the Queens Necklace. The Malabar Hill district is notably the most exclusive residential area in Mumbai,〔(Tuesday, 26 July 2011 | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA )〕 and home to several business tycoons and film personalities. Iconic buildings like Everest Apartments, Silver Arch, Hanvant Bhavan, Anita, Blue Haven, Darshan, Sundatta Apartments, Ill Pallazio, Mayfair Gardens, Alankar, Benhur are known to be the most sought after private house pads for business czars and Bollywood with prices of apartments as high as Rs.135,000 per sq ft. (US$25000/m2), making it one of the most expensive neighborhoods to stay in the world. In September 2013 Malabar Hill had one of the most expensive residential real estate deal of the country where a duplex apartment on Mount Pleasant Road was sold for 57 crores INR at a rate of 1.35 lacs/sq. ft. ==History== The seafarers from Konkan used to land at the extreme south end of the hill for a pilgrimage to the Walkeshwar Temple and the Banganga Tank. Many of them were part of the Maratha Navy were wrongly designated as "Pirates" from "Malabar". Hence the landing point became "Malabar Point" and eventually the hill became "Malabar Hill". The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, has proposed to change the name of Malabar Hill, arguably the city's most exclusive residential enclave, to Ramnagari, in vain.〔http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/civic/Malabar-Hill-to-be-renamed-Ramnagari/articleshow/20690201.cms〕 Malabar Hill is the location of the Walkeshwar Temple, founded by the Silhara kings. The original temple was destroyed by the Portuguese, but rebuilt again in 1715 by Rama Kamath, and by 1860, 10 to 20 other temples were built in the region.〔(British Library )〕 Mountstuart Elphinstone built the first bungalow in Malabar Hill while he was Governor of Bombay, between 1819 and 1827. Following his example, the place soon became a posh locality, as it is today.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malabar Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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