Chowpatty Beach Mumbai India

Beach activity. By cruisingindia.com on Mar 25, 2006.

Chowpatty Beach at night is almost magical, and a must-do when visiting Mumbai. Full of food vendors, couples, and families, this thing to do in Mumbai typifies the anguished beauty of the city. There are food stalls on the beach that sell bhel puri (a concoction of puffed rice, lentils, onions, chutney, and puffed rice) and kulfi (Indian ice-cream), which you are sure to enjoy if you're brave enough to try them. Chowpatty Beach is also where thousands gather every August/September to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, the birth of Lord Ganesh, in Mumbai. To celebrate this sacred festival, clay figures of the elephant-headed god are made and, after being worshipped for anywhere from two to ten days, are thrown into the waters of the ocean. Chowpatty Beach is nothing to see during the daytime, and it is not advised to go bathing in it's waters. Let's just say that bathing is not the only thing that the locals do in the water.

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