Jewish centre of Nariman House in Colaba which was captured by the two gunmen killing four people during the attacks of 26/11 will be rechristened as Nariman Light House in the wake of the attacks completing a decade on Monday. The project of completion of the memorial will be done in two phases where in the first phase, the section dedicated to the terror victims on the top floor of the building will be unveiled on Monday and the second phase will be worked on the fourth and fifth floor which will share a message of positivity to the visitors coming to see the memorial.
Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky who is a resident of the building while revealing the details of the plan for the further renovation of the six-storey building said that even after a decade, the dark memories of the incident has not faded away from their minds. "All the five floors shall be used for a specific purpose so that all the visitors who come to see the building could get a positive message about how light of positivity and hope triumphs over negative darkness of terror and trauma. The fear of death which had mounted over all those shot dead and other hostages that night is something which only they could narrate. The world as not yet come to peace and terrorism via different means is still dooming over all of us. The building should not be left with a simple bad memory but instead we should get over it and so for this cause we have decided to dedicate the upper floors of the building so that all those visitors who come to see the spot get inspired by virtues of humanity and they become harbinger of hope." said Kozlovsky
"The upper floors shall be used to show people how Jewish way of life. All the visitors shall see about the life of deceased Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his family before they were massacred. The entire theme is white on all household items and the prominent displays will be Holtzberg's son Moshe's room, kitchen, bedroom, living room, apartment, entrance, hallway library and common room" Kozlovsky added.
Israeli designer Eliav Nahleili who has devised the plan for further renovation said that on the tenth anniversary of the attacks the Nariman Light House will be the only building in the entire city which shall display the names of all 166 deceased people on a large plaque. Once the security procedures are in place, the memorial shall be opened for general public via online registration.
SPREADING HOPE
- Nariman house will be rechristened as Nariman Light House in the wake of the attacks completing a decade on Monday
- The project of completion of the memorial will be done in two phases
