Overview : Mumbai (Bombay), suburbs consisting of seven islands
that once belonged to the fishing folk. Today it is an emerging
metropolis, surrounded by the sea.
Young, lively diverse cultural streams flows and cross currents
Mumbai have a unique position of multinational city of India.
The capital of is located in the southwestern part of India and
occupies a peninsula, which originally consisted of seven small
islands and the Konkan coast of Western India. Mumbai, also
financial and commercial hub of the country ooze and have a main
port on the Arab sea.
However, there is another face of Mumbai that it is most
closely populated cities in the world. Mumbai is put on a place
of the old regulation and took to its name of the local goddess
"Mumba", a shape of Shiva's wife, Parvati.
The city was from the beginning of British rule, "Raj", the
economically most important location of South Asia and
contributes to this day in Indian-thirds of the income tax. This
provides the differences in the metropolis no larger: more than
Dollar millionaire in Germany and the largest slum in the world.
With the economic upturn of the city people from all parts of
India, in Bombay, all cultures, all religions and all languages
of India.
Mumbai, Maharashtra is the most modern state in India with its
towering into the sky skyscrapers in Mumbai (Bombay), its vital
industry and its busy trading. Upward, always on, fast forward:
The former Bombay is the epicentre of India's economic miracle.
In the fine clubs celebrate movie stars and stockbrokers, the
streets are filled with the roaring choreography of the masses.
Sightseeing : Salaam Bombay! With this welcome from the
well-known film begins for many tourists, the first day in
India.
The fountain of Flora manages to keep his calm and serenity
amid the imposing traffic from the busy city life.
This is the heart of Mumbai, surrounded by majestic colonial
buildings that stand as sentinel's old pride of a past era.
Flora is the Roman goddess of flowers, but her pretty face
alabaster is continually beset by pollution.
Bhau Daji Lad Museum, it is attached to the gardens of
Victoria. Built according to the Greco-Roman style, the museum
attracts people who have a keen interest in the geographical and
archaeological discoveries. This museum is archeological
discovery, maps and photographs depicting the history of Mumbai.
Gateway of India Initially, the transition from India was built
to accommodate the British King George V and Queen was completed on
December 4, 1924. Imagine for the last British troops passed on February
28, 1948 by leaving the country after the
declaration of independence of India.
In the metropolis of Mumbai there are many places of worship
that are accessible to the various societies. There are temples
for Hindus and Buddhists, mosques for Muslims and churches for
Christians. For Buddhist places of worship are located in the
suburbs northwest, Worli. A huge Buddha statue at Kanheri Caves
is also impressive Buddhist worship place in Mumbai.
For Muslim holy place in Mumbai, The Haji Ali mosque is
standing in the sea of Mumbai. You can walk to this mosque only
in the fine weather day only. Small and simple Cathedral of St.
Thomas, is one of the buildings English oldest of Mumbai. The
first Anglican Church in the city of Mumbai is located in the
heart of the commercial district.
Elephanta cave, contrast experience: from the hectic Mumbai on
a tropical island green. Traveler, who has this the half-hour
voyage would get authentic experience, not the climbs Luxury
launch, but less tourist boats , and take time to look for the
rise to the temples on the island for walking. The cave temple,
probably between 450 and 750 incurred, are the main attraction,
ahead of a Shiva Temple dedicated Mahesha. A powerful
Lingam-Phallus symbol is eight Goalkeeper statues guarded. Not a
stone phallus imagines that you can hear by modern Hindus a
power symbol.
Learn real Mumbai by shopping is the best way at the choir
bazaar, the market for thieves, and the abdomen of Mumbai. In
each lane have another drama. The spice dealers brought red,
green, orange pyramids. In another shop window of the gold
dealers sell sparkle accessories. Before a Hindu temple are
chains of jasmine flowers braided. There are sold even broken
transistor radios, discarded television. Sold, which still
somehow those can be used. Furthermore, everything they can
somehow use.
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