Girgaum Chowpatty

Girgaum Chowpatty
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Girgaum Chowpatty Location of Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai and India
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
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Girgaum 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 Girgaum 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.

One can find several bhelpuri, panipuri, ragda patties and pav bhaji vendors on the beach.

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 Thana District, which is approached through a Channel or Creek, containing seven divisions of water.

Images

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  Girgaum beach with Nariman point skyline in the background

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  Girgaum beach with Malabar Hills in the background

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  Corn cob vendors on Girgaum chowpati

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  View of Girgaum Chowpatty from Malabar Hill

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  During Ganesh Visarjan

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