en route to mumbai

Mumbai ie. City of dreams earlier called as Bombay, is a capital city of Maharashtra well known as Bollywood hub of India.it is well known for the beautiful blend of cultures and lifestyles. Mumbai is a city which carries many stories in itself be it in respect to struggling actors to successful ones on silver screen. it lies on the Konkon coast on west coast of india with deep natural Harbour . it is famously known to be wealthiest city because it has many millionaires and billionaires residing amongst the rest of cities of India. Lets have a look on some tourist spots in mumbai.

1. Marine Drive:

It is 3.6 km long arc shaped street along with south Bombay coast known as Chowpatty beach. It is best place to see sunset and stroll alongside of beach at day time or at night. After all the lights lit up in the evening the whole coastline seems to be a diamond necklace.

2.Gate Way of India: 

It is known to be Mumbai's Taj Mahal . It is the most famous tourist place of Mumbai built in the year 1924.There are statues of Swami Vivekananda and Chhatrapati Shivaji that have been installed near the Gateway as well.The view from the sea of the Gateway complex, especially at night is quite ethereal and beautiful. The Gateway of India is thus, not only a historic artefact but an example of marvellous architecture in itself.

3.Siddhivinayak Temple: 

Temple of lord Ganesha , built in 1801 . It is strong belief that the statue of lord Ganesha of this temple grants wishes. It is the rihest temple in the Mumbai as devotees comes across the world every year and the collection of donation goes upto 100 million rupees .big Filmstars also come here to seek blessings of bappa before their film release.

4.Haji Ali Dargah :

Located at the Arabian sea known for Haji Ali a Rich merchant who turned up as Sufi saint after his visit to Mecca. At night all lights lit up to give it a beautiful divine view in midst of sea. It can be assessed only when the tides of sea are low as it is covered by sea from all sides. The hall of Dargah has marble pillars engraved with creative mirror work: blue, green, yellow chips of glass arranged in varied designs and Arabic patterns which spell the ninety-nine names of Allah.

5. Film City :

Known as home of Bollywood, 900 plus films have been shot here till date. Spread across 520 acres land consist of 20 indoor studios . Filled with world class facilities , greenery  which make it best place to shoot films. It become difficult to differentiate  between reality and dream after visiting here. One can enjoy live movie shots here while tour of film city.

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