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Photo: Photo by <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:A.Savin">A.Savin</a></span></b> via Wikimedia Commons (FAL)The causeway to this shrine vanishes underwater at high tide, so pilgrims plan their visit around the sea.
A working Sufi shrine on a tiny islet off Worli, connected to the mainland by a causeway that vanishes underwater at high tide. Built in the 1400s over the grave of Sufi saint Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari, it blends Indo-Islamic architecture with the marble domes of Mughal shrines. According to legend, the saint's coffin miraculously floated back to this spot after his pilgrimage to Mecca. The shrine draws visitors of all faiths and is only accessible during low tide.
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Built to remember soldiers killed in the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1838 to 1842, it carries their regiments in stained glass and marble.
It 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.
Portuguese colonists found a stone elephant on the shore and named the island for it. Inside, a towering Shiva carved centuries earlier still watches.