Chowpatty Beach - Mumbai, India
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Chowpatty is Mumbai's most famous beach.
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Location: India
Date Posted: 02/21/2009
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Chowpatty is a pretty sandy beach, but swimming is not common because of the water. It is a very popular spot to enjoy the music and ambiance of India.
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During the day, Chowpatty is the hangout of the happily unemployed who snooze under the shade of its stunted trees. But in the evening the atmosphere is more like a carnival: kids screaming on Ferris wheels or taking pony rides, wayside astrologers making a quick buck, monkey shows, and even the odd self -styled gymnast who will demonstrate amazing yogic postures for a small fee. At one end is a row of bhelpuri shops hawking Mumbai's most popular snack: crisp puffed rice and semolina doused in pungent chutneys, all scooped up with a flat, fried puri. You might even catch a film shoot or a street play. In short, for most tourists Chowpatty is where the action is.
Girgaum Chaupati, commonly known as just Chaupati (pronounced as chow-patty), is one of the most famous public beaches adjoining Marine Drive in the Girgaum area of Mumbai, India. The beach is famous for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations when hundreds of people from all over Mumbai come to immerse the idols of Lord Ganapati in the Arabian Sea.
One can find several bhelpuri, panipuri, and pav bhaji vendors on the beach.
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