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Kalaghoda Diaries: Part 1 – The Heritage Bus Ride

This year Kalaghoda Festival started literally on a high for us. Perched on the open upper deck of a double-decker bus, we went on a heritage ride through the city (the southern part of Mumbai and the original city). And we enjoyed every moment of the ride.

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Starting from the Regal circle, near Prince of Wales Museum, the ride covered some of the best-loved landmarks – the Gateway of India, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai University, Marine Drive, Asiatic Society…

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The trip was organised (as part of Kalaghoda Festival) by The Bombay Heritage Walks team, founded by two city-based architects Abha Bahl and Brinda Gaitonde. Started in 1999, the group organises walking tours around the city, which are quite interesting and informative. We had gone for 2 or 3 walks earlier.

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MTDC also arranges heritage bus rides aptly, named Mumbai Darashan, regularly. Try it once. It’s worth it.

One comment on “Kalaghoda Diaries: Part 1 – The Heritage Bus Ride

  1. KTDC (Karnataka version of MTDC) also organizes guided tours around bangalore and while checking it up for my parents, I realized that I havent seen most of the places in the list 🙂 Need to hop on to that bus for sure!

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