Prabalgad

Brief Details of the fort:

Height above mean sea level: 707 metres / 2320 feet.
Grade: Medium
Base Village: Thakurwadi
Trekking Area: Panvel.
Best time: During Rainy season or after rainy season

Trekking Routes: There are many routes to this fort. The route to and fro - Thakurwadi village near panvel

History: There is not much mention of this fort in history. However in 1658, Shivaji conquered Prabalgad from the Mughals, after establishing his powers in the Kalyan-Bhiwandi area. When Shivaji attacked the fort, the Mughal Sardar and fort chief Kesar Singh forced himself and the ladies in the fort to commit suicide so as to save themselves from falling into the hands of the Marathas. His mother along with her grandchild hide inside the fort by the fear of Shivaji, but such was the greatness of Shivaji that on finding them he sent them to their village with genuine respect and dignity.

Prince of Wales Museum

Location  : Mahatma Gandhi Road, 

                   Fort,Mumbai 400023

Tel No:  91-22-22045430

Web Site :http://csmvs.in/

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya  formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India was founded in the early years of the 20th century by some prominent citizens of Bombay, with the help of the government, to commemorate the visit of the then Prince of Wales. It is located in the heart of South Mumbai near the Gateway of India. The museum was renamed in the 1990s after Shivaji, the founder of Maratha Empire.

The museum building is built in the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, incorporating elements of other styles of architecture like the Mughal, Maratha and Jain. The museum building is surrounded by a garden of palm trees and formal flower beds.

The museum houses approximately 50,000 exhibits of ancient Indian history as well as objects from foreign lands, categorized primarily into three sections: Art, Archaeology and Natural History. The museum houses Indus Valley Civilizationartefacts, and other relics from ancient India from the time of the Guptas,Mauryas, Chalukyas and Rashtrakuta.

Victoria And Albert Museum

Location: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Byculla, Mumbai
Built in: 1872
Attractions: Archeological findings & relics
How to Reach: One can easily reach here by boarding buses or trains, or by hiring autos or taxis from the city.
Web Site : http://www.bdlmuseum.org/


Bhau Daji Lad Museum is the oldest museum in Mumbai city of India. Rani Jijamata Udyan makes the picturesque setting of this historical museum at Ambedkar Road, in Byculla area of Mumbai. Built in 1872, it was initially christened as Victoria & Albert Museum after the museum of London. The museum has a great collection of archaeological relics, maps and photographs that peep into the history of Bombay. It was later renamed after its benefactor, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad, who dedicated his life to this museum. 

The history of Bhau Daji Lad Museum reveals that it was planned with an amount of Rupees 6,000, at the initiative of Dr. Bhau. The marvelous structure of building had lost its sheen with the times, but thanks to Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Mumbai (INTACH) that is renovating the museum with utmost care. The treasury comprises of more than 6000 valuable artifacts, including sculptures, pottery, coins, ivory work, paintings, etc. It has special sections on the social and cultural life in India also. 

Apart from the above compilation, the museum has over 4,000 reference books and manuscripts in its supervision. The clay models, costumes, finely shaped silver, copper ware etc, are amongst the most-cherished compilation which is worth taking a glance. Victoria & Albert Museum also contains atypical photographs of early Bombay and testimonials from the colonial past. The half-done collection was first exhibited to Lord Canning in 1856. Today, Bhau Daji Lad Museum is revived in its appearance, with gold ornamentations on wall corners, ceilings, hand railings and blue-painted pillars.

Nehru Planetarium

Location :
                  Nehru Centre
                 Dr. Annie Basant Rd
                 Worli,Mumbai - 400018
                 India
Tel : 91 22 2496 4676 - 80


Web Site :http://www.nehru-centre.org/planetarium.html
You Will get all information and show time in different language


The Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai, a part of the Nehru Centre, Mumbai, was inaugurated on 3 March 1977 by the then Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi. Over the years, this has grown into a Centre for scientific study of astronomy and space science. The planetarium is equipped with a Digistar 3 planetarium projector which was installed in 2003, replacing the earlier Carl Zeiss Universal Projector.

National Gallery of Modern Art Mumbai

Location 
             National Gallery of Modern Art
             Sir Cowasji Jahangir Public Hall
             M G Road, Fort Mumbai - 400032

Tel: 022 - 22881971
Web site :http://ngmaindia.gov.in/ngma_mumbai_location_map.asp


The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is the leading Indian art gallery. The main museum at New Delhi was established on March 29, 1954 by the Government of India, with subsequent branches at Mumbai and [[Bangalore. Its collection of more than 14,000 works includes artists such as Thomas Daniell, Raja Ravi Verma, Abanindranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore,Gaganendranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil as well as foreign artists, apart from sculptures by various artists. Some of the oldest works preserved here date back to 1857.

NGMA Mumbai was opened to the public in 1996. It hosts various exhibitions and art collections of famous artists, sculptors and civilisations. It is located near Regal Cinemain Colaba. Exhibits include:

• A collection of Pablo Picasso's works
• Egyptian artefacts such as mummies, statues, etc.

Mani Bhavan Museum

Location:	19 Laburnam Rd, Near Malabar Hill, Downtown Mumbai
Phone:	022/2380-5864
Hours:	Daily 10am-5:30pm
Cost:	Free, but donations appreciated

Web Site  : http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/

The Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya is a quaint Gujarati-style house in Mumbai where Mahatma Gandhi lived from 1917 to 1934. The three-story home is now a Gandhi Museum that preserves the spirit of the man who put his nation before himself.

History

The house belonged to Shri Revashankar Jhaveri, Gandhi’s friend and host in Mumbai. Whenever he was in Mumbai between 1917 to 1934, Gandhi stayed here.

It was here in November 1921 that Gandhi conducted a four-day fast in order to restore peace to the city.

What to See

On the terrace, a bronze plaque marks the site of the tent in which Gandhi wasarrested in January 1932. He also used to sleep and say his prayers on this terrace.

Inside the house is a library of Gandhi-related works (about 50,000 books and periodicals), as well as displays of photographs, posters, slogans, and other items that document and explain Gandhi's legendary life.

Dioramas depicting major events and turning points in his fight for the nation's freedom draw particular attention to his devotion to the poor. An auditorium plays films on Gandhi.

You can also see Gandhi's old charkha (spinning wheel), which in many ways symbolized the struggle for independence, and which now appears on the Indian flag.

A visit to this tranquil house and neighborhood makes a welcome change from the noisy hubbub of modern life in Mumbai.