Maharashtra, India · Asia
Powai works well as a base: 10 minutes from Mumbai, 23km from Gateway of India.
Powai is in Maharashtra, India, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Mumbai, about 5 km away.
Powai (pronounced [pəʋəiː]) is a residential suburb located in central Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is situated on the banks of Powai Lake, and is bound by the hills of Vikhroli Parksite to the south-east, Chandivali to the south-west, the L.B.S. Marg (old Mumbai-Agra road) to the north-east and the Sanjay GandhiRead more
National Park to the north beyond the lake. The Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, one of the city's busiest thoroughfares linking the western and eastern suburbs, passes through Powai. The place also hosts thousands of devotees every year during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival for the visarjan processions.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, established in 1958 and currently the second oldest campus of the Indian Institutes of Technology as well as the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai, established in 1963 are both located here, as is a campus of the Bombay Scottish School. Powai is also home to residential complexes of the Income Tax department, Customs and NTPC, as well as those of ex-servicemen.
Powai houses schools and colleges, some of which are S M Shetty School and College, Gopal Sharma School and Chandrabhan Sharma College. Chandivali has Sinhgad College of Management. The new school includes Pawar Public School towards Chandivali.
Some of the Temples of Powai are Chinmaya Mission's Jagadeshwara Shiva Temple, Sri Ayyappa Vishnu Temple at Hiranandani, and Devi Vageshwari Mata Temple at Chandivali. Powai also hosts a community birthday havan.
Powai is also Mumbai's start-up hub, with young entrepreneurs like the Hiranandanis starting from incubation cells set up by institutes like IIT Bombay from the tech industry and other sectors setting their bases there, causing the area to be referred to as India's Powai Valley. As a result of the mixture of various communities living together, the suburb has one of the city's most cosmopolitan and modernized cultures. The place has a vibrant night-life, and shoots for several Bollywood as well as Hollywood movies, such as Kalyug, Ghajini, Slumdog Millionaire, Mardaani and Haseena Maan Jaayegi have taken place there. The Hiranandani Gardens are also known for their neoclassical architectural style and the area has some of the tallest residential buildings in Suburban Mumbai. The suburb is also known for being one of the preferred residential areas for expats in Mumbai.
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Within an hour or so of Powai: Shree Thaker Bhojanalay (20 km), Britannia & Co. (21 km), Gateway of India (23 km), Leopold Cafe (23 km).
Powai is in Maharashtra, India, about 5 km from Mumbai.
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A family-run Gujarati thali house in a Kalbadevi lane since 1945, where waiters circulate with an unlimited procession of farsan, shaak and rotli. Vegetarian only, and famously hard to finish.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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A Parsi-Irani cafe in Ballard Estate open since 1923, with bentwood chairs and peeling walls, famous for berry pulao made with barberries imported from Iran. Lunch only, closed Sundays.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Mumbai's iconic 26-meter basalt arch on the waterfront, built to commemorate King George V's visit in 1911 and now the city's most famous landmark.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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A Colaba institution open since 1871, its walls still pocked with bullet holes from the 2008 attacks, serving beer and chilli cheese toast to Mumbai's expat and backpacker crowd from morning until late.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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India's premier international-standard theme park between Mumbai and Pune with immersive themed zones.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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