Jan 2010 : Banganga Tank

Travel Title: The Diplomatic Spouses Group of Mumbai’s Photo Outing at Banganga Tank, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

When: January 2010

About The Trip:

Purpose: The Diplomatic Spouses Group of Mumbai’s Photo Outing at Banganga Tank, Maharashtra, Mumbai, India.

Days/Nights: 1 Day

Arrangements: ~~Travel Agent~~ / Self-guided Tour

Route: Navi Mumbai INDIA – Banganga Tank, Mumbai INDIA – Navi Mumbai INDIA

Traveling Method & Time:

Navi Mumbai – Banganga Tank, Mumbai = by car (≈ 1 hour 35 minutes)

Banganga Tank, Mumbai – Navi Mumbai = by car (≈ 1 hour 35 minutes)

Details:

The Banganga Tank is one of the oldest surviving structures of antiquity of Mumbai located near the edge of the Arabian Sea, in Malabar Hill area, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The Tank was built in the 1127 AD, by Lakshman Prabhu, a minister in the court of Silhara dynasty kings of Thane as part of the Walkeshwar Temple Complex. The site is a spiritual pilgrimage site for the Hindus with an estimated sixty temples, shrines and a Hindu cremation ground in the area. It also has a small open-air laundromat.

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