The Hanging Garden in Mumbai, India, also known as Ferozeshah Mehta Gardens, are terraced gardens perched at the top of Malabar Hill.....

The Haji Ali Dargah is is a mosque and dargah (tomb) located on an islet off the coast of Worli in Mumbai. Honoring the Muslim saint Haji Ali this mosque was built in the middle of the sea with only a narrow path leading to it giving it an ethereal look. As per the Musl....

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum located in Mumbai, India, was set up in the early years of the 20th century by some prominent citizens of Bombay with the help of the government, to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII of the Un....

The Jehangir Art Gallery is most famous art gallery and a tourist attraction in Mumbai. It was built in 1952 and was founded by Sir Cowasji Jehangir at the urging of K. K. Hebbar and Homi Bhabha. This gallery is managed by Bombay Art Society and is situated at Kala Ghod....

Paramparik Karigar was formed in 1996 by Roshan Kalapesi in Mumbai. The idea was mooted by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay when she was approached by a group of master craftsmen who wanted to form an organisation of their own. Paramparik Karigar craftsmen work in material....

Juhu Beach is spread across a stretch of 6 kms up north in Juhu-Vile Parle area of western suburbs in Mumbai. Juhu Beach is a bourgeois paradise, filled to the gills with screaming children, families, courting couples and adolescents. Located 18-kms north of the city....

Chowpatty beach is situated at the top end of Marine Drive. It is the only beach in the central part of Mumbai. This beach is the venue where many Hindu religious ceremonies can be witnessed like the annual thread-tying ceremony initiating young boys into the Brahmin ca....

The Elephanta Caves are a great tourist attraction in the vicinity of the large Mumbai meteropolis. The Elephanta island is located 10 km away from the Gateway of India at Mumbai. These caves house rock cut temples dating back to the 5th century CE. The Elephanta is....

The Kanheri Cave are located in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai. The Kanheri Caves consist of a number of rock-cut Buddhist caves. These caves were built in the 1st century BC when Mumbai was the territory of the Maurayan and Kushan empires. The caves are deep....

Karla Caves are situated in the state of Maharashtra, near the Pune-Mumbai Road. They lie at a distance of approximately 20 km from Lonavla and 40 km from Pune. One of the pillars of Karla Caves, with four lions at the top, now forms the national emblem of India. A n....

The foundation stone of “Gateway Of India” was laid on March 31, 1911 and George wittet’s final design sanctioned in August 1914. Between 1915 and 1919 work proceeded on reclamations at Apollo Pier for the land on which the gateway and the new sea wall would be built. T....

The Borivali National Park, officially known as the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, is a rare National Park that lies within city limits. The park lies on the northern fringes of suburban Mumbai, India. It encompasses an area of 104 square kilometres and is surrounded on t....

(Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka) Marks the beginning of a new year in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Karnataka. Gudi Padva is considered one of the four most auspicious days in the year when people start new ventures. It is believed that Lord Brahma c....

Goddesses Mahalaxmi, Mahakali and Maha Saraswathi are the presiding deities in this famous temple, which is constructed on the seashores attracting large number of devotees everyday. The Mahalaxmi Temple located at the northern foot of the Malabar Hill; a part of it is ....

The Siddhivinayak Temple is Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir located in Prabhadevi,Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was originally built by Mr. Laxman Vithu and Mrs. Deubai Patil in November 19th, 1801. The temple has a small mandapam (hall) with the shrine for Sidd....

Crossroads is the first ever full fledged shopping mall in Mumbai, and perhaps in India. Opened in 1999 by Piramal Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of a major pharmaceutical group, it is India's first mall management company. The mall covers an area of 150,000 square feet, s....

Located at Jogeshwari, a fun park enveloped in 30 acres of lush green landscape Fantasy Land provides many entertainment rides for those with appetite for adventurous rides. It is another amusement park made up of modern mechanism games for children and adults like Esse....

Essel World, the first and foremost amusement park is located on Gorai Island on 64 acres of green lands. It offers thrilling and scintillating rides and games. Essel World offers over 40 exciting rides, games, and attractions. The Water Kingdom is said to be the larges....

Flora Fountain speaks epics of the magnificent past. The fountain stands exactly at the point where the original Church Gate of Bombay Fort stood. Constructed in 1864, Flora Fountain was built as the memorial of Sir Henery Bartle Edward Frere. It was built out of Portla....

Marine Drive is a 3 KM. long inverted 'C' shaped six lane concrete road along the coast which is a natural bay in South Mumbai in the city of Mumbai. It has six lanes and run along the coast and is a natural bay on Arabian Sea. It connects Nariman Point to Babulnath and....

Taraporewala Aquarium is the exclusive aquarium, situated near Marine Drive in Mumbai, India and was built in 1951. The hall is divided in to two parts. One part consist of 100 species of marine and fresh water fish including seven types of coral fish from the Lakshadwe....