Every city is tagged with one of their landmarks for immediate recall.

Mumbai s Taj is as popular as Agra s Taj in that sense - for over a century the Taj dome had defined Mumbai skyline and joined in elite club of distinguished buildings and image trademark rights - Sydney opera House, empire state in NYC and Louvre in Paris. Unknown to many the Taj preceeded gateway by over twenty years and until them the hotel was the first sight for ships calling at the Bombay port trust. The first licensed bar, the first building to have electricity and the ballroom where Mountbatten gave his farewell speech had made the hotel transcend brick and mortar with heart and soul.