Jijamata Udyaan

Jijamata Udyaan, historically known as Victoria Gardens and popularly referred to as the Byculla Zoo, is a 50-acre public garden and zoological site in the Byculla neighbourhood of Mumbai. Sources describe it as the oldest public garden in Mumbai. During the colonial period it was known as Victoria Gardens; after Indian independence it was officially renamed for Jijamata, the mother of Shivaji, though the original name remains in widespread use. Archival material documents Victorian-era features associated with the garden, including Sassoon's Clock Tower dating to the 1870s. The supplied sources focus on the garden's history, nomenclature, and built heritage rather than any supernatural or folkloric claims. The research notes and cited sources contain no reports of paranormal phenomena, hauntings, apparitions, or supernatural entities associated with Jijamata Udyaan. Cultural significance of the site in the supplied materials rests on its status as Mumbai's oldest public garden, its colonial-era architecture and commemorative features, and its post-independence renaming which ties it to regional historical memory.