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Photo: Wikimedia CommonsIt began in 1922 as a museum named for a visiting prince, and grew into a home for over 50,000 artefacts, from Indus Valley antiquities to Mughal miniatures.
Mumbai's premier museum, founded in 1922 as the Prince of Wales Museum and renamed after Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, houses over 50,000 artefacts spanning Indian art, archaeology and natural history. Its Indo-Saracenic dome and gardens were designed by architect George Wittet. Collections range from Indus Valley antiquities and Mughal miniatures to Company School paintings and a dedicated natural history wing. It remains one of India's most comprehensive general museums and a key stop on any Mumbai heritage itinerary.
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Portuguese colonists found a stone elephant on the shore and named the island for it. Inside, a towering Shiva carved centuries earlier still watches.
A 200-foot column of black basalt in Andheri, formed some 65 million years ago, its hexagonal columns echoing Ireland's Giant's Causeway.
The causeway to this shrine vanishes underwater at high tide, so pilgrims plan their visit around the sea.