Introduction to city Mumbai - In
Maharashtra
Mumbai is the fast paced commercial,
financial, industrial and celluloid
capital of India. Lured by its glamour
and the prospects of ’streets paved
with gold’, a large number of people
from different parts of the country
come to settle in this city every
year. And Mumbai continues to grow,
to absorb and most importantly to
prosper. Just when you begin to wonder
how you’re ever going to cope with
Mumbai, you arrive at Worli and see
Haji Ali Mosque standing proudly on
a raised walkway in the middle of
the sea giving you the feeling that
the Gods are there if everything else
fails. If you arrive at night, there
will be a backdrop of twinkling lights
from the skyscrapers that are so much
a feature of Mumbai’s skyline. The
scenes change as you drive past Chowpatty
Beach, ablaze with the lights of stalls
selling fruit-juice, ice-cream and
snacks to the crowds thronging the
beach. By the time you reach Marine
Drive, your spirits will be restored
and the rush of traffic won’t seem
half so daunting as it might have
been earlier, and the sedate horse-drawn
landau will seem a charming anachronism.
Once a tiny island overrun by swaying
palm trees, Mumbai used to belong
to the native Koli fisher-folk, who
still live here in their little villages
surrounded by soaring skyscrapers.
Portuguese came here in the seventeenth
century and dotted the place with
several forts, which stand even today.
Later Mumbai came under the British
rule and eventually became one of
the largest ports in the British Empire.
SightSeeing : Places to visit in
destination - Mumbai
Once you are in Mumbai, the list
of sites to visit is endless. First
of all the twinkling lights from the
skyscrapers itself will keep your
eyes wide open with excitement and
wonder. And to add up to your excitement
you have a number of sites to visit
that could be teamed up as historical
sites, contemporary wonders, archaeological
sites, religious sites and natural
wonders. The Gateway of India
is the main attraction of Mumbai city.
Built to commemorate the visit of
King George V and Queen Mary for the
Delhi Durbar in the year 1911, this
massive historical monument makes
a must visit during your Mumbai sightseeing.
Moreover, there are sites like the
Mani Bhawan or the Gandhi memorial,
Prince of Wales Museum, Marine Drive
and Juhu that give you the feeling
of being in the commercial capital
of India. The gardens like the Hanging
Garden and the Kamla Nehru Garden
will provide you the much needed rest
between your sightseeing trips and
the Chowpatty gives you the
view of one of the most happening
beaches of Mumbai.
Excursions : Places nearby city -
Mumbai
And if you get tired of visiting
sites in Mumbai and want to get away
from the city to spend some time in
tranquility, move out to visit the
many cool and calm destinations around
the city. This would include the thrilling
caves of Elephanta, the Karla caves,
the unique Kanheri caves and the
best known hill stations of Mumbai,
Matheran and Lonavla. All these
places make the favourite destination
not only for the tourists who visit
Mumbai but also for the local people
who come here on holidays and vacations.
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Excursion in Mumbai
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