Girgaon Chowpatty

Girgaon Chowpatty
Girgaum Chowpatty
Neighbourhood
Girgaon Chowpatty during Ganesh Visarjan
Girgaon Chowpatty during Ganesh Visarjan
Girgaon Chowpatty is located in Mumbai
Girgaon Chowpatty
Girgaon Chowpatty
Coordinates: 18°57′04″N 72°48′40″E / 18.951°N 72.811°E / 18.951; 72.811
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra
DistrictMumbai City
CityMumbai
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Chowpatty in 1860s

Girgaon Chowpatty (IAST: Giragāva Chaupāṭī), is a public beach along the Queen’s Necklace adjoining Marine Drive in the Girgaon area of Mumbai (Bombay), Konkan division, India. It is served by the Charni Road railway station. The beach is noted for its Ganesh Visarjan, when thousands of people from all over Mumbai and Pune come to immerse idols of Ganesha in the Arabian Sea after the 10 day festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. It is also one of the many places in the city where the Ramlila play is performed onstage every year during Navaratri and an effigy of Ravana erected on the sand is burnt on Vijayadashami at the end of the 10-day performance.

Shiv Smarak, including 210 m (690 ft) tall statue of Shivaji, is being constructed facing Mumbai's Girgaum Chowpatty beach, 1.5 km away on a manmade island of rocks.[1][2][3][4][5]

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  2. ^ Safi, Michael (14 September 2018). "India to break record for world's largest statue ... twice". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Cost cutting: For Shivaji memorial, Maharashtra makes sculpture shorter, sword taller". The Indian Express. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Maha govt reduced Shivaji's statue height to 126 metres: Chavan". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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