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Mumbai a cluster of seven islands derives its name from Mumbadevi, the patron
goddess of the Koli fisher folk, its oldest inhabitants.
Once a Portuguese princess' dowry and later an adornment of neo-gothic
British architecture, Mumbai today, is more than just a metropolis. It is, in
fact, an enigma of mud huts & sky- scrapers, age old traditions & high
fashions, the industrialists' heaven & movie makers' Hollywood.
A lovely natural harbor and winding creek set off the city of Mumbai from the
long, narrow coast of Western India.
Mumbai pulsates with activity. It is a city that is disciplined by no time
frame-neither by day nor night. Mumbai is also the country's financial
powerhouse, the nation's industrial heartland, and its economic nerve center.
Dazzling shopping arcades, exciting sport activity, night clubs and
discotheques, theatre and music, gourmet restaurants and interesting sightseeing
- Mumbai offers the visitor a heady mix of all this and more.
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