Girgaum Chowpatty

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Girgaon Chaupati
Neighbourhood
Girgaon Chaupati during Ganesh Visarjan
Girgaon Chaupati
Coordinates: 18°57′04″N 72°48′40″E / 18.951°N 72.811°E / 18.951; 72.811Coordinates: 18°57′04″N 72°48′40″E / 18.951°N 72.811°E / 18.951; 72.811
Country India
State Maharashtra
Metro Mumbai
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Girgaon Chaupati' (Marathi:गिरगाव चौपाटी), commonly known as just Chaupati (pronounced as chow-patty), is one of the most famous public beaches adjoining Marine Drive in the Girgaon 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. It is also one of the many places in the city where the Ramlila is performed on a stage every year. An effigy of Ravan, that is erected on the sand, is burnt by the end of the 10-day performance. One can find several bhelpuri, panipuri, ragda patties and pav bhaji vendors on the beach.


(On the road running along the beach, lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 attacks, Ajmal Kasab was caught and arrested. A bronze statue of Tukaram Omble, the cop who helped nab Kasab was erected on 26/11/11.)

Etymology

Chowpatty is really Chau-pati (four channels or four creeks) as per (Bombay City Gazetteer, I. 27). This name is analogous to that of Satpaty, a village in the Mahim Taluka of the Thane District, which is approached through a Channel or Creek, containing seven divisions of water.

Images

  • Girgaum beach with Nariman Point skyline in the background

  • Girgaum beach with Malabar Hills in the background

  • Corn cob vendors on Girgaum chowpati

  • View of Girgaum Chowpatty from Malabar Hill

References

1. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-10-26/mumbai/27240157_1_stalls-bhel-plaza 2. http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/india/mumbai/33405/marine-drive-chowpatty-beach/attraction-detail.html 3. http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/MTDC/HTML/MaharashtraTourism/Default.aspx?strpage=../MaharashtraTourism/CitiestoVisits/Mumbai/MumbaiAttractions.html

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