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Places of Interest in Mumbai |
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Stock Exchange of Bombay:The Stock Exchange at Bombay was established in 1875 as "The Native Share and Stockbrokers Association" which has evolved over the decades in to its present status as the premier Stock Exchange in India. It is one of the oldest in Asia having preceded even the Tokyo Stock Exchange which was founded in 1878. In the early days the business was conducted under the shade of a banyan tree in front of the town hall. The tree can still be seen in the Horniman Circle Park. In 1850 the Companies Act was passed and that heralded the commencement of the joint stock companies in India. The American Civil War of 1860 helped Indians to establish brokerage houses in Bombay. |
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Kanheri caves : These are Buddhist caves or monasteries where monks practiced their austerities around the first century AD. And unlike the artistic extravagance of Elephanta, they are spartan and bare. Situated in the heart of Mumbai's National Park, the complex contains more than a hundred tiny cells cut into the flank of a hill, each fitted with a stone plinth that evidently served as a bed. There is also a congregation hall supported by huge stone pillars that contains the dagoba, a kind of Buddhist shrine. And if you pick your way up the hill you will find channels and cisterns that are remnants of an ancient water system that channeled rainwater into huge urns. |
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Wales Museum Barely a stone's throw from the Gateway of India is the Prince of Wales Museum, a magnificent, but somewhat strange structure, built in a confluence of Gothic and Moorish styles, and crowned by a sparkling white dome. It boasts a good collection of ancient Indus Valley artifacts dating back to 2000 BC, plus some priceless Tibetan and Nepali Art. There is an entire gallery devoted to Buddhist tankha scrolls and another to Tibetan bronzes, but the chief attraction here is the collection of over 2000 miniature paintings from the various art schools of India. Next to the Museum is the Bombay Natural History Society, which has an extensive collection of local flora and fauna. |
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Distance Chart |
Agra - 1197 Km
Ahmedabad - 545 Km
Amritsar - 1843 Km
Bangalore - 998 Km
Bhopal - 779 Km
Calcutta - 1987 Km
Chennai - 1329 Km
Coimbatore - 1265 Km
Cuttack - 1482 Km
New Delhi - 1407 Km
Hubli - 593 Km
Hyderabad - 711 Km
Indore - 593 Km
Lucknow - 1365 Km
Shimla - 1742 Km
Srinagar - 2275 Km
Thane - 43 Km
Tirupati- 1228 Km
Vishakhapatnam - 1361 Km
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