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Mahalaxmi Racecourse
A meeting ground for the rich and famous, the
Mahalaxmi Racecourse is one of the happening places in town.
The biggest horse races in the country like the McDowell Indian
Derby, Wadia Cup and the Poonawalla Million are
held here. The racecourse also holds polo events and has a training
centre for aspiring jockeys.
Getting there
Nearest station: Mahalaxmi (Western Railway)
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| Nehru
Planetarium
A memorial to the
first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, it
is one of the best planetariums in India. The Nehru Planetarium
in Worli was inaugurated in 1977 and has over nine million visitors
till date. A special attraction is the sky theatre, where one could
lean back in comfort and watch the projector recreate the sky. The
weighing booths, which show one's weight on the Sun, Moon, Mars
and Jupiter, are a favourite with children. The show is presented
in different languages English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati.
Timings: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Phone: 492 0510
Getting there
Nearest station: Mahalaxmi (Western Railway)
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| Prince
of Wales Museum
The Prince of Wales Museum is
a five-minute walk from the Gateway of India. The museum boasts
of a good, but by no means significant collection of Indus valley
artefacts, some dating back to more than 5,000 years. A collection
of Tibetan, Nepalese art and Buddhist scrolls are worth viewing.
The main offering here is a collection of 2,000 miniature paintings.
Timings: 10.30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
every day except Mondays.
Phone: 284 4484 / 4419
Getting there
Nearest station: CST (Central
Railway) and Churchgate (Western Railway)
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Hornbill
House
 The
Hornbill House houses The Bombay Natural History Society
(BNHS), which has the most extensive collection of preserved
flora and fauna. It also has a notable collection of old books on
nature in its library, where one could browse on a temporary membership
at nominal rates.
Phone: 282 1817
Getting there
Nearest station: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Central
Railway)
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Horniman
Circle
 This
stately circle of buildings also known as Elphinston Circle
was planned in the 1860s. Designed in uniform Italian style, it marked
the foremost attempt in building a townscape equal to Mumbai’s growing
self-importance and wealth. Just lying opposite Town Hall,
the buildings form 2 glorious arcs, unified thematically by common
arcades and male and female faces sculpted above each archway.
Getting there
Nearest station: Churchgate (Western Railway)
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Bombay
Stock Exchange
 With
more than five thousand listed companies and ten million investors,
the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index is the most floatable
in the country. Boom time produces reckless millionaires in an instant,
and every day thousands come to the Stock Exchange in hope of multiplying
their fortunes. This is the Wall Street of Mumbai, filled
to the brim with fretting brokers. This striking skyscraper towers
over colonial buildings in South Mumbai and is an aggressive symbol
of independent India.
Getting there
Nearest station: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Central Railway)
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