Tourists train to the Elephanta caves on Elephanta Island. Elephanta Caves are a network of sculpted caves located on Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri in Mumbai Harbour, 10 kilometers to the east of the city of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Get off at Churchgate railway station and take a cab to Gateway of India; from here, boats will ferry you to the Island.
The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a Meditation Hall in Mumbai, India. Global Vipassana Pagoda is an expression of our gratitude towards the Buddha who strived for incalculable eons to reach Supreme Enlightenment. From Malad railway station take bus 272 or auto-rickshaw to Marve beach. From here, take a Ferry boat to Essel world/Pagoda.
The Gateway of India and boats as seen from the Mumbai Harbour in Mumbai, India. The Gateway of India is an arch monument built during the 20th century in Bombay, India. The monument was erected to commemorate the landing of King George V and Queen Mary at Apollo Bunder on their visit to India in 1911. From Churchgate station take a cab, it’s a 10min drive.
The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum (formerly the Victoria and Albert Museum) is the oldest in Mumbai, India. The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum is the oldest in Mumbai. Situated in Byculla East, it was originally established in 1855 as a treasure house of the decorative and industrial arts and was later renamed in honor of Bhau Daji.
Mumbai skyline view from Marine Drive in Mumbai, India. Marine Drive is a 3.6-kilometer-long boulevard in South Mumbai in the city of Mumbai. The road was constructed by late philanthropists Bhagojisheth Keer & Pallonji Mistry. It is a ‘C’-shaped six-lane concrete road along the coast, which is a natural bay.
Elephanta Island caves near Mumbai in Maharashtra state, India
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) is a historic railway station and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways. Former known as Bombay Victoria Terminus, The station was designed by Frederick William Stevens with the concept of Victorian Italianate Gothic Revival architecture and meant to be a similar revival of Indian Goth (classical era) architecture; the station was built in 1887 in the Bori Bunder area of Mumbai to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.Bombay High Court is located in Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is one of the oldest High Courts of India with jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra and Goa and the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
The Haji Ali Dargah is a mosque and dargah located on an islet off the coast of Worli in the southern part of Mumbai. Near the city’s heart proper, the dargah is one of the most recognizable landmarks of Mumbai.
The Gateway of India is an arch monument built during the 20th century in Bombay, India. The monument was erected to commemorate the landing of King George V and Queen Mary at Apollo Bunder on their visit to India in 1911.Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), formerly Borivali National Park, is a large protected area in the northern part of Mumbai city (preferably called Mumbai Suburban district) in Maharashtra State in India. It encompasses 104 km (40 sq mi) and is surrounded on three sides by India’s most populous city.The Kanheri Caves are a group of caves and rock-cut monuments formed from a massive basalt outcrop in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park forests, on the western outskirts of Mumbai, India. They contain Buddhist sculptures and relief carvings, paintings, and inscriptions, dating from the 1st century BCE to the 10th century CE. Kanheri comes from the Sanskrit Krishnagiri, which means black mountain.Pigeons collect at Bandra Talao to have a feed of the grains provided free to them by citizens.
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