The last trustee of the family owned Rustamji Cawasji Banaji (Kadmi) agiary "died a pauper’s death this month,” states columnist and one-time Calcutta resident Bachi Karkaria (The Times of India, April 26, 2018). Karkaria termed it "the last male in the coffin of a sacred fire which died almost 40 years ago.” The dilapidated fire temple has been encroached upon by vendors (pictured) for the past several decades. The grade one heritage building was built in 1839 by Manekjee Rustomjee "amongst the first of Calcutta’s storied merchant princes…
"His many splendored empire fell to colonial history, profligate heirs and cannibalistic feuds.......