View of Flora Fountain looking towards Churchgate railway station with double turret of Central Telegraph Office and the revolving restaurant of Ambassador Hotel visible in the backdrop. Flora Fountain was installed in 1869 at the intersection of Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Mahatma Gandhi Road and Veer Nariman Road.
The Flora Fountain was designed and executed entirely in England and transported via ship to India. The fountain is named after Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and the season of spring. The statue of the goddess stands atop the fountain.
The Flora Fountain has in total 64 sprouts located at the side and the corners. The water collects in a basin running around the base, and the overflow gets collected in a circular pool, from where it recycles through a complex system of internal plumbing. The theme represented is the flowering of life in the abundance of water and the care of the feminine nurturer.
Flora Fountain shares the intersection of Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Mahatma Gandhi Road and Veer Nariman Road with “The Martyr with a Flame” memorial, which was added in 1961, and the intersection was renamed Hutatma Chowk in memory of those who were martyred during the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement (Movement for United Maharashtra).