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Girgaon Chowpatty Girgaum Chowpatty | |
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 Girgaon Chowpatty duringGanesh Visarjan | |
  Girgaon Chowpatty | |
| Coordinates:18°57′04″N72°48′40″E / 18.951°N 72.811°E /18.951; 72.811 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai City |
| City | Mumbai |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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Girgaon Chowpatty (IAST:Giragāva Chaupāṭī), is a publicbeach along theQueen’s Necklace adjoiningMarine Drive in theGirgaon area ofMumbai (Bombay),Konkan division, India. It is served by theCharni Road railway station. The beach is noted for itsGanesh Visarjan, when thousands of people from all over Mumbai andPune come to immerse idols ofGanesha in theArabian Sea after the 10 day festival ofGanesh Chaturthi. It is also one of the many places in the city where theRamlila play is performed onstage every year duringNavaratri and an effigy ofRavana erected on the sand is burnt onVijayadashami at the end of the 10-day performance.
Shiv Smarak, including 210 m (690 ft) tall statue ofShivaji, is being constructed facing Mumbai'sGirgaum Chowpatty beach,1.5 km away on a manmade island of rocks.[1][2][3][4][5]
Chowpatty is an Anglicised form ofChau-pati (four channels or four creeks in Marathi) as per (Bombay City Gazetteer, I. 27). This name is analogous to that of Satpaty, a village in the Mahim Taluka of the Thane District, which is approached through a Channel or Creek, containing seven divisions of water.
On the road running along the beach, i.e. Marine Drive, the lone surviving terrorist of the26/11 attacks,Ajmal Kasab, was caught and arrested. A bronze bust ofTukaram Omble, the policeman who helped to arrest Kasab, was erected on 26 November 2009.
The water surrounding the beach is heavily polluted, and swimming should be avoided.Fecal coliform was recorded in the water in 2013 at levels of 1455 per 100mL, far above the acceptable standard of 500 per 100 mL. The presence of fecal coliform in the water has been attributed to waste fromstorm drains, opendefecation, and the discharge ofraw sewage fromsewer pipes not connected to the citymains.[6]
In 2015, there were reports of deteriorated Ganesha idols washing up on the shore. The idols were found after they were immersed onAnant Chaturdashi day, which heralds the end of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The idols that were found were made fromplaster-of-paris. It is believed that POP idols cause pollution to marine life. After this, the government ordered only artisan made, clay idols to be immersed, since natural clay deteriorates into the ocean quickly without harming wildlife. POP was banned in Mumbai and most of the Ganesha idols are being made from clay.
On 30 August 2016, the sand on the beach is said to be turning black due to a possible oil slick in the area. The specific cause of the blackening is unknown.[7]
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