Mumbai Darshan

After visiting Shirdi, next day we planned a little bit of Mumbai sightseeing as kido also got well, thus thought of making the full utilization of the limited time we had in our hands. For the sightseeing we hired a INNOVA cab which charged us 3000 Rupees for the whole 12 hours. We couldn't use the full 12 hours, but then also it was worth it as the comfort, and driver both were great.

Beginning the Mumbai Darshan, we boarded the cab from Mira Road, and then decided to visit Juhu beach first. This was the first visit of my families to Mumbai excluding me. The juhu beach contrary to my expectations, was clean, with people jogging, enjoying the morning there. The water is as usual dirty, but the shore is clean. Family enjoyed the beach as it was their first experience to sea beach. We proceeded towards the Pavbhaji shops of the Juhu beach.Enjoyed the pavbhaji , and it was simply superb. After long time my taste buds got satisfied with the real Mumbai pavbhaji taste. On the eve of Good Friday, a beautiful sand art of Lord Jesus was made at the beach.

Sand art of Lord Jesus at Juhu beach

After Juhu, we headed towards Bandra. Lucky for us that being a weekend there was not much crowd and traffic on the roads. But yeah heat is always scorching in Mumbai. We reached Bandstand, Bandra. On the way was Shahrukh Khan's house 'Mannat'. You can see people clicking pics outside of the bungalow gate. Really its a huge bungalow !!
We reached the Bandstand at Bandra. It is just near the hotel TAJ, and the Bandra Fort. There is a well maintained garden known as 'Lands & Garden' where you can obviously see so many couples chitchatting. Yeah that's the most famous place for couples in Mumbai ...the 'BAND STAND'.
This fort is attached with the Bandra Fort. Though we didn't climbed up to visit the fort, but one can visit it too. Right from the Bandra Fort premise, the Bandra Worli Sea link is visible so clearly and so close.

The Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Mumbai

Lands & Garden, Bandstand Mumbai

Bandra Fort, near TAJ Hotel

BandStand

After BandStand, we visited SiddhiVinayak temple @ Dadar taking the Sea Link route, and it is really awesome.Kido seeing all the water around started saying 'Mumma Goa', the water reminded her of Goa both at Juhu and Bandstand.
 Due to the Lunar eclipse, not much of crowd was there, and we can get the darshan of ganpati within few minutes. Then we headed towards the MahaLaxmi Temple. It is a bit interior from the main road, just near the sea. Same here, not much crowded, no offerings to the goddess due to eclipse, so we finished our darshan within minutes. Visited Haji Ali on the way.
This was our last sightseeing spot. As per our train bookings, we reached to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) station, and dropped the rest of the family members there. Then headed to Mumbai Central (BCT) railway station to board the train.

Our Mumbai- Shirdi trip ended here. Though tired but everyone enjoyed the sightseeing.All felt good in Mumbai. Our trip successfully ended with everyone contended and smiling.