Sion Circle is something of a stepchild among the trio of roundabouts it north-ends. That no more than a couple of eateries ring it, compared with Kings Circle’s string of celebrated cafes, is only part of the story. 

The six 1950s buildings surrounding central Sion Circle Garden (Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Rupam, Prem Kunj, Indrapuri, Mira Mansion and Amba Bhavan) boast no exclusive architectural style, neither entirely Indo-Saracenic nor Deco. Conservation architect Vikas Dilawari observes, “With utilitarian architecture of the Independence era, these structures are important from the urban design point of the circle or crescent, in continuation with the Improvement Trust’s town planning schemes.”