Mumbai residents woke up to a surprise on Wednesday when a mysterious monolith was found at the Joggers park in the suburban Bandra.
Bandra Municipal Councillor, Asif Zakaria took to Twitter and said “It’s here! Mysterious #monolith appeared in #Mumbai! Check it out at Joggers Park Bandra! Don’t know how long it will be there but can’t wait to get a picture with it!”
It’s here! Mysterious #monolith appeared in #Mumbai! Check it out at Joggers Park Bandra! It has numbers on side of it let’s try & figure out what they mean Don’t know how long it will be there but cant wait to get a picture with it! @mybmcWardHW @mybmc @AUThackeray @INCMumbai pic.twitter.com/x7FU6q5j1i
— Asif Zakaria (@Asif_Zakaria) March 10, 2021
In a press release, Zakaria said the numbers etched on one of the panels offer a coded message about nature and wildlife conservation.
This is the second such installation that has appeared in the country after one was spotted in a garden in Ahmedabad last December.
The first Monolith was discovered in a remote canyon in Utah in the US. Similar structures were spotted in around 30 countries, offering some distraction and solace to the coronavirus-ravaged world.
A monolith is a very large, upright piece of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times. Stonehenge is perhaps the most famous example of a collection of monoliths.