It is a four-panel shield supported by an intertwining floral border in gold.

[1] It is a four-panel shield supported by an intertwining floral border in gold and features a lotus in bloom, an emblem of purity and beauty, at the bottom, and is surmounted lion puissant.

The motto यतो धर्मस्ततो जय:, Yato Dharmas Tato Jayaḥ, (Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory) in Sanskrit is inscribed in gold at the bottom.

The coat of arms for what the city that was at the time known as Bombay was introduced in 1888.

It depicted a lion puissant holding a shield.