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Mumbai
(Bombay) is a top international destination for business and entertainment people
as well as for holiday makers from all over the world. You
can make your own travel arrangements, booking cheap India
flights and hotels; or you may let a specialist India travel
tour operator take control of all your travel requirements.
Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay,
"the Good Bay"), derived from Maha Ambe - the name of the
Hindu Goddess. The capital of the Indian state of
Maharashtra, the financial centre of India (Reserve Bank of
India, the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock
Exchange). It is on the West Coast of India. It is also the
entertainment centre with the world famous "Bollywood".
Tourist and Spiritual Tours and Attractions (starting
out from Mumbai)
Shirdi (Sai Baba of Shirdi) - 122 kms from Nashik
Mahalaxmi Kolhapur Temple
Ghrishneshwar Temple - near Ellora Caves
Ashta vinayak (Ganesh) Temple
Nanded Temple
Nashik Temple
Beaches (some are great distances away from Mumbai but
well worth the visit if you have the time)
Dahanu Bordi, Mandwa and Kihim, Marve Manori and Gorai,
Shriwardhan Harihareshwar, Tarkarli, Ganapatipule, Velneshwar,
Vengurla Malvan
Caves
'Gharapuri' - The Elephanta Caves, catch a Ferry from the
Gateway of India, Mumbai; Ajanta and Ellora Caves; Pitalkhora
Caves
and of course Great Shopping and many other tourist
attractions.
A snapshot of Bombay
(Mumbai) from the past ...
by Bojidar
Karageorgevitch
Perfect palaces surrounded by gardens; and close by, straw
sheds sheltering buffaloes, or tents squatted down on common
land ...
A large building of red and white stone, with spacious
arcades and a central dome, as vast as a cathedral, stands
at the angle of two avenues — the railway terminus; and a
great market of iron and glass — Crawford Market. Here are
mountains of fruit, greenery, and vegetables of every colour
and every shade of lustre; and a flower garden divides the
various market sheds, where they sell oranges and
limes.
... After breakfast a party of jugglers appeared in front of
the hotel; they performed on a little carpet spread under
the shade of a banyan tree.
... Outside the night is moonless, deep blue. Venus seems
quite close to us, shining with intense brightness, and the
jasmines scent the air, softly lighted by the lanterns which
burn out one by one.
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