Khada Parsi Statue in Mumbai, India

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter

In Mumbai’s Byculla area, under the Byculla Bridge, a tall cast-iron statue stands at the traffic junction. It is popularly known as Khada Parsi Statue. It is the statue of Seth Cursetjee Manockjee (1763-1845), a Parsi businessman and philanthropist.  The statue was commissioned by his son Mr. Manockjee Cursetjee, as a tribute to his father. According to experts, it is the only cast-iron statue in the city. It was installed in 1867. It is believed that it was the third statue of an Indian perso