TOP 5 PLACES TO VISIT IN MUMBAI

Top 5 Places In Mumbai for tourists 

Mumbai also known as the 'city of dreams'. Here people from around India as well as the world come in the hope to get a better life. Many people come to Mumbai to be actors and actresses in Bollywood . But also Mumbai is very popular among tourists. Places to visit in Mumbai city are in a vast number because of the beautiful British architecture of Mumbai city blends and also for tourist coming to India from outside the country are most likely to come through Mumbai. So places in Mumbai to visit should be known by all of us mostly solo travellers. Now without any further delay lets start the places in Mumbai to visit.

Gateway of India

This place is one of the most iconic landmark of Mumbai city. This is one of the most important landmark. This is the first places  in Mumbai to visit by most of the tourists. Gateway of India is always flooded with people. The  Gateway was built in 20th century to welcome King-Emperor George V and Queen-Empress Mary on their 1911 visit to India.

Marine drive

Marine drive in Mumbai also called as the Queen's Necklace because at night time the street lights in Marine drive appears like a necklace form areal view. As the street light appears like pearl in a necklace. This place was designed like Miami for that reason it is often referred to as the Miami of India.

Elephanta Caves

Elephanta caves are listed in the UNESCO World Heritage sites. It is said by scholars that it was completed at around 6th century C.E .  The caves are predominantly dedicated to the Hindu God Lord Shiva. This caves are present in Elephanta Island close to the coast of Mumbai . You can reach this place via a ferry that you will get from Gateway of Mumbai.

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay is a museum . It is one of the biggest museum in India. It has valuable items from around the world. If you are a person who likes ancient stuffs this is the place in Mumbai to visit for you. This place was previously known as Prince of Wales Museum of Western India. It was inaugurated in 10th January 1922.

Juhu Beach

It is the longest beach in Mumbai city. It is often called Juhu Chowpati. This is a popular tourist attraction of Mumbai. This was an island of Mumbai in olden days. It was only accessible during low tides then later the land was filled between the island and its neighbouring land of Mumbai city and we have the Juhu Beach or Juhu Chowpati now. There are many Bollywood superstars living near this beach. This place is also referred to as the Beverley Hills of India. 

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KAMAKHYA : DISCOVER THE SUPREME POWER

Nilachal hills : The home to divine.

First of all a very Happy Bihu to all my readers. I'm sorry guys I'm not able to write a separate blog on Bihu because of my exams. Please i beg your pardon for this. I'm really sorry readers. But today's blog is very close to my heart this is one of the most most significant religious place for Hindus in the entire North East India

. People from around the world visit here. I always wanted to write about Nilachal hills in a separate blog. Since today i visited the place so here I'm with a new blog. Writing about this place as it is close to my heart as me being Hindu by birth. 

• The journey. 

Today I came from my place as it is quite far from Nilachal hills and being a bit far I took a cab and went there. There were my parents, brother and relatives waiting for me. And I would like to tell that I was not there to go there to the temple of Maa Kamakhya but to the temple of Bagla Maa. This is a tradition made by my family that we go to that temple every year after Rongali Bihu. So as per that tradition we went there. We offered puja there and prayed. Because we had vote in Guwahati today the people there are very less. 

• Maa Bagla temple

This temple is few hundred meters from Kamakhya and is according to my observation it is the biggest after the main Maa Kamakhya temple. This temple has very nice views from it. Many people dont even know this temple exist because most of the people visit Kamakhya devalaya and exhausted by the visit most people return from there. I would like to tell that you should this visit this temple not as a very religious person but the ancient architecture there is quite intriguing. Visit this temple if you visit Kamakhya Devalaya next time.

• Kamakhya Devalaya.

This is the temple that makes Nilachal Hills so popular. People often call the hill as Kamakhya pahar(hill) . This is one of the ancient temples here in the state of Assam.

It was constructed at around 8-9th century AD. It has Maa Kamakhya as the primary deity in the and the temple wall is curved with several deities like Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, Goddess Saraswati and various other Gods and Goddesses.

The craftsmanship of the place always make me feel mesmerized.

How our ansestors were so advanced in their craft. This place is said to have a part of Goddess Parvati have fallen here. It is believed that Goddess Parvati's genitalia fell there. That is the reason during the devine Amabachi Mela the temple door is kept close as it is believed that it the time of Goddess Parvati's mesnturation. This part fell here after it was dismembered by Lord Vishnu to save the world from Catstrophy of the universe by the anger of Lord Shiva. 

• View from Nilachal Hill. 

This hill is one of the most visited hills in entire Guwahati city. And the view from here is breath taking. One cannot stay without getting awed by the sheer beauty of the views from the hill.

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THE BEAUTY OF GUWAHATI CITY

The Sunday Fun in Guwahati 

The first official outing/short day trip of 2019 from a few week I was thinking of going somewhere . My mind after the bad result of Jee mains paper 1 got so jam I thought no now I have to relax it.  So I decided to visit the place where I was thinking from quite a long time now. Till yesterday night I was not sure I will go or waste my time in my room. But my friend too insisted that I should go and she too would go with me as she too wanted to go. 

Now this was the back story and the reason why today I went outside. Now lets end the boring part and start with the places and the experiences that we had today. 

The Deepor Beel

The journey started from  Bhangaghar, Guwahati . At around 10:45am . And we hopped onto the bus and went till Jalukbari, Guwahati  since today it was Sunday , traffic was quite less on the road. After Jalukbari, Guwahati we went to Rani a place on the suburban side of Guwahati on a tempo (magic) . Then we reached there by 11:45am . We both dint had breakfast so we both took some food on a nearby restaurant it was named Shanghai Restaurant. I cannot tell the place to be great but it was like OK place and compared to the other 'Chai dukans' it was quite clean and standard.  After that we both hopped onto an e-rickshaw and reached.

Afternoon at Deepor Beel

  I would tell you earlier. Don't get onto the e-rickshaw if the rickshaw is empty and there are not many passenger to go to Deepor Beel.  I suggest you take a cab to go there as I paid 100bucks on e-rickshaw but while returning the cab charged only 90bucks.

Beautiful Nature 

So I would not suggest you to go on e-rickshaw. After we reached the beauty of the place just awwed us.  The place is so beautiful , the natural landscape along with the beel(lake)  in front of us it is just mesmerizing. The place is a very known picnic spot for the people from the city and outside too.  It is bird scantury and the different migratory birds that come to the place are just breathtaking. There is an observation tower but I would tell you.  You better go towards the electricity tower from there the view is like 'paisa wasul' the money and time took to reach there was worth it.

Cool shade

  The train line across the road from the observation tower gives a different and cool vibe to the place. The place is truly beautiful.  Any nature lover would love the place no doubt on that. The place do have places where you can eat some food like Parathas, Pithas, and some local food. Tea stalls are in few there and you can even drink coconut water as there are people selling it.

The beauty of Depoor Beel 

And in summer the number of coconut water sellers also increase. So this place is a complete natural wonder . I suggest everyone to visit this place at least ones. So that you can be close to Mother Nature. 

Dr Bhupen Hazurika Samadhikshetra:

After returning from Deepor Beel this was the place where we opted to visit.

This was one of the place where I thought of visiting but due to urgency I could never visit the place.  This place is right on the busy junction hub of road on Jalukbari, Guwahati  near Guwahati University East gate.

This place is made beautifully to pay a tribute to the legendary singer and the pride of our Land Dr. Bhupen Hazurika. His contribution to the Assamese music and representation of Assam in a global scale any thing done for him is less but the tribute is a quite magnificent way to show the gratitude towards the Late. Legend .

The place is quite beautifully built, it has running fountains, statue of Late.  Dr Bhupen Hazurika, an artificial waterfall, a huge Museum and garden. This place is very good to bring kids who can learn about the legacy of this great man. The Museum is the central and most prominent structure of the Samdhikshetra.

The architecture of the Museum is very beautiful and catches your attention instantly.  Inside the museum there stays the pictures of the life of the Legendary Singer it is 2 storied but on the top the showcases are left empty.

This thing disappointed me a bit on the whole place.

I wondered a Legend like him don't have things that can be displayed there or can't they make something to show the love towards the Legend.

The best part of the place is that it is free to enter . On a whole this place is one should always put in to the Bucket list .Whenever they are traveling to Guwahati. 

Kite and River Festival 

On the way back from the Samadhikshetra I remembered that from today we have the the 7th Jeevan kite and River festival.

Sunset in the kite and
River festival

  The festival is held on Machkhoa , Guwahati  river bank.  So we went there the arrangement was quite good.  I've never been to this festival before so I won't be able to say whether it was better or worse than last years . But what I saw according to that it is quite a place to visit.  If you are in Guwahati you can visit the festival it will be going on till 31st of January and the entry fee is 20 bucks.  The money is not the thing with that you will get an experience which you will remember for a long time.

The sunset at kite
Festival 

  There are kite stalls where you can buy a kite and relive your childhood as children today don't play with kites anymore like us back in our days.  So bring your children here if you want them to see how magnificent it is and you too can relive your childhood. There are food stalls where you can binge.  I didn't eat there so I'm not able to say whether it is cheap or not.

Evening at kite fest

  But i think it won't be that cheap as stalls in this kind of festivals charge more than usual. But again eating at the bank of Brahmaputra on the river sand how many times will you get the opportunity. So I would insist that everybody please visit this festival if you are in Guwahati . I say you won't regret it.  But one thing think before you bring your car if you do so your car can get stuck on the river sand as I saw two cars got stuck on the sand while entering as well as while leaving. 

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JEE IN GUWAHATI DURING BHARAT BANDH

JEE in Guwahati during Bharat Bandh

Yesterday (8/01/2019) 

I was too appearing for the JEE mains like many other students. I will tell you my incidents what happends before and after the  exam. 

• Pre Exam Scenarios

I came to know about this Bandh before hand thankfully. So for that reason I decided that I will go to my friends place in Guwahati, Azara . I went there a day before the exam . But the journey there 'oh boy' it was not an easy one .  Because of the bandh the private city buses of Guwahati were not running and only the govt. city buses of Guwahati  were on the road.  But the bus stand was  flooded with people . It was like 3 times the people than normal that are seen in typical Guwahati bus stand.  I waited there and buses packed with people passed and some people were like just barely attached their body with one foot on the bus and hand grabbing some part of the bus.  Lucky a city bus came in and stopped and the people decreased from the bus and I hopped onto the city bus and it got full to its brim again.  I was worried about my wallet nothing else as it had my pan card and my admit card . So I took the wallet and kept it in my hand and people there were like literally crushing each other.  But luckily after reaching Manipuri Basti, Guwahati I saw a man getting out of his seat so I was like determined that I will get that seat because if I stand there for too long I was bound to get crushed. So finally I got an small opening and hopped onto the seat.  The bus was also going at very lazy pase .  It was around 7:30pm after painstakingly doing the journey in Adabari, Guwahati again the bus stopped for refueling but that time I was like no it won't be I can't wait this long so I walked till Jalukbari, Guwahati  and then I hopped onto a tempo and reached my friend's place at Azara, Guwahati . Then the night was good we had some biriyani along with rice. And studied a bit for the exam. 

Now yesterday it was exam time.  I thought that exam will be starting from like 12:30 pm but when I saw the time it was from 2:30pm and the gate  infact the closing time was at 2:00pm . So I thought even if I have to walk I will take around one hour for me to reach there.  But my friend said that he would borrow a friends scooty and drop me at the exam center .  But his friend denied as there were incidents where the protesters threw stones at the vehicles and even burnt at some places.  "I can totally understand his mindset , I too might have done the same thing at that situation". And I thought the place might be strict so I like a big idiot went there just wearing just a t shirt, a jeans and hawai chapel. I left my friends place at around 1:06pm but I was not able to walk at my general speed as the pant was loose and I was wearing hawai chapels after a long time. I was still trying to go as fast as I can but it was not taking me that far at the speed required.  So  thought of asking for lift but few of them just brushed me off. Then a man came I asked if he was going the same way.  He said that he will go till Azara Godhuli Bazaar, Guwahati I said ok fine if it is even 100m that I don't have to walk its good. So I hopped on his bike . He asked where I was heading to I said him my condition and he asked me where is my center for the exam.  I said the place's name and he dropped  me there till the exam centre despite of the dangers.  He was like the real messenger send by God to me at my time of distress. Since I din't have the mobile with me I took his phone number on the cover of my geometry box.  But unfortunately during exam time the cover had to be torn to check the geometry box and with that that number was also gone.  I hope that I can meet that man and thank him in a better way which I was not able to do as I was in hurry for my exam. 

Luckily my exam was decent and I will credit it to that man because if he might have not been there I might have not reach the exam centre.  

• Post exam scenarios 

After the exam when I walked out of the exam centre I saw that there was facility to keep our bags.  I was so pissed at myself, I think I was the only in there with that attire. I was feeling so cold there . When I walked out of the gate I saw tempos standing there I thought the bandh is over.  But they were waiting for passenger I was feeling cold so I started walking and thought that I will get some vehicle on the way but none of the tempos were coming and few of them which  passes were with full passengers so I couldn't get onto those.  After walking for like 1km then I saw a tempo and waved my hand to stop him.  He pulled right the side of the road and I asked him will he be going  to Azara, Guwahati  or not he said yes . In delight I hopped onto the auto and reached my friends place in no time. I thought now the city buses might be running in the city.  So packed ASAP and headed towards the city.  But there too after waiting around half an hour I got a tempo.  I hopped onto it and thought my troubles were over.  But I was quite wrong. It was around 6:30 when I reached Jalukbari . I got down from the tempo and saw that there was no trace of any city bus.  I have called my friend earlier and he said that city buses were running at that time . So I came but now there was nothing. I was puzzled what to do so I thought I might be able to get bus at Adabari,Guwahati bus stand but there too no buses were about to leave all of those were standing ideally.  So I thought that getting a Rapido will help but it was too costly till my place. So I thought a friend place at Silpukhuri, Guwahati  might help. So I called the Captain (Rapido Rider) said he won't be going till Silpukhuri, Guwahati . I tried again but this time too it got connected to the same Captain. So I kept walking and trying but there was no progress at all.  Now it was around 7:35pm I was walking and trying to get a Captain but no one accepted my request.  Till then I had reached Maligaon charali, Guwahati . Then I checked the distance it showed 8.5km I was like no I  cannot cover this distance on foot and reach at proper time. It would be like more than 9:00pm to reach . So luckily i got an auto and asked till where he would go he said "Paltan Bazar " .I said "ok its fine" . But he informed me that he would take 20bucks I was like jumping in joy inside.  I said "ok! ok! let's go". So I got down at Food villa and then walked  till Silpukhuri and reached my friends place at around 8:30pm.

Today too I expected to get the bus easily but buses were so scarce I walked from my friends place to Post Office (Mizoram house)  then I got a bus where I could set my foot.  There were buses but if I would have got onto them I would be got crushed.  But finally I reached my room safe and sound. 

Ok friends that all for today.  I wanted to share you my incident and my feelings. Sorry friend no photos this time since i din't carry my phone. And after the exam it was dark so please forgive me for that🙇.

Bye everyone take care.   See you next time on my blog. 

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