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{% extends 'base.html' %}
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The City : Mumbai
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<h2>About Venue</h2>
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<p><a href="/sage_days/venue">Venue : IIT Bombay</a> | City : Mumbai | <a href="/sage_days/reaching_iitb">How to reach IIT Bombay?</a></p>
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<h1>The City : Mumbai</h1>
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<p>Mumbai previously called Bombay , etymologically derived from Mumba or Maha-Amba—the name of the Koli goddess Mumbadevi after which the city was derived . The previous name Bombay comes from Portuguese Bom meaning good and English bay .The transformation of the city from a fishermen's colony to a trading centre came when it came under the British Empire as a dowry gift from the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza to Charles the second.</p>
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<p>Mumbai's culture is a blend of traditional festivals, food, music, and theatres. The city offers a cosmopolitan and diverse lifestyle with a variety of food, entertainment and night life, available in a form and abundance comparable to that in other world capitals. Mumbai's history as a major trading centre has led to a diverse range of cultures, religions and cuisines coexisting in the city. This unique blend of cultures is due to the migration of people from all over India since the British period.</p>
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<p>Mumbai is known to be one of the most liberal and cosmopolitan cities of India, with the city embracing many concepts which would be taboo in other cities.</p>
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<p>Mumbai is birth place of Indian Cinema and home to Bollywood . The city has legendary film studios some of the best in South Asia. The Film City in Goregaon is the most popular. Other legendary studios like Raj Kapoor's R.K. Studios, Filmistan, Shashadhar Mukherjee's Filmalaya and V Shantaram's Rajkamal Studio have been privy to many critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies.</p>
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<p>Mumbai also hosts various plays and cultural performances, and some of the more prominent theatres are Prithvi Theatre at Juhu, Dinanath Natyagruha at Vile Parle, Shanmukhananda Hall at Matunga, Prabhodankar Thackeray Theatre at Borivali, Rang Sharda at Bandra and the various theatres at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Nariman Point.</p>
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