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Kala Ghoda Festival
The Kala Ghoda Fair is a celebration of arts and crafts held on every
Sunday from November to January. Kala Ghoda Fair is held in Mumbai near
the Jehangir Art Gallery. Kala Ghoda, the much touted art district of the
city, brings together the works from artistes in the fields of music,
dance, theatre, film, and of course, art, offering an interactive cultural
mélange for Mumbaites. The Kala Ghoda Association was established
in 1988, with the aim of improving the existing infrastructure of the
area, and giving it a distinct identity as Mumbai's art district. The Kala
Ghoda Festival also hopes to be a catalyst for the revival of art across
Mumbai.
Mount Mary's Festival
Mount Mary Church is an old church situated in Bandra, the suburb of
Mumbai and every year in September a week long fair is held in the
precinct of this church. This fair is popularly known as the Bandra fair
and is celebrated on the occasion of Mother Mary's birthday. Lakhs of
people of all faiths throng this place to seek the blessings of Mother
Mary. The Marathi speaking communities refer the Mother Mary as "Math
Mauli". Local people strongly believe that the Mount Mary fulfils
their genuine wishes if prayers are made earnestly and faithfully. From
the site of the church one gets breath-taking view of the Arabian-sea and
enjoy the sunset.
Bollywood
- The Home Of Hindi Film Industry
Mumbai houses India's film industry. This "Hollywood of India"
or "Bollywood", as it is called, produces the second most number
of pictures in the world every year, next only to Hollywood, U.S.A.,
Mumbai claims to be the world's largest production centre for films. About
250 Hindi films are produced annually in this city an average of five
releases every week. The cost of production is very high, largely due to
the 'stars' system, which allows popular film stars to charge fees as high
as 30 to 40% of the total cost of the film. These days Hindi films are
released in U.S, U.K and other foreign countries too due to large crowds
of Indian population living in these countries.
Mumbai's Street Food - The Favourite Pastime Sancks
Mumbai is renowned for distinctive street foods especially Bhel Puri, a
quintessentially Mumbai masala mixture of puffed-rice, deep fried
Permicelli, potato, crunchy Puri pieces, chilli paste, tamarind water,
chopped onions and coriander. More hygienic but no less ubiquitous, is Pao
Bhaji and Kanji Vada. A pit stop at one of Bombay city's hundreds of Juice
bars can certainly appeal to anyone. There is no better way to beat the
heat than with as glass of cool milk shaken with fresh Pineapple, Mango,
Banana, 'Chikko' (small brown fruit that tastes like pear), or custard
apple.