Juhu

It is surrounded by the Arabian Sea to the west, Versova to the north, Vile Parle to the east and Santacruz to the south.

J. R. D. Tata, the father of civil aviation in India, made his maiden voyage to Juhu Airport from Drigh Road airstrip, Karachi, via Ahmedabad, on 15 October 1932 carrying mail in a Puss Moth aircraft.

In the nineteenth century, Juhu was an island: a long, narrow sand bar rising above sea level by a metre or two, just off the west coast of Salsette.

With the dawn of aviation in the 20th century, the Bombay Flying Club commenced operations in 1929 at what eventually became the present Juhu Aerodrome.

[5] During the Indian independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi visited Mumbai and took several walks along Juhu Beach.

[7] In the 1970s, Bhaktivedanta Swami (Srila Prabhupada) started the Hare Krishna Movement and built ISKCON Temple.

Acrobats, dancing monkeys, cricket matches, toy sellers,Youth are playing old games vie for tourist's attention.

[citation needed] The busy-yet-peaceful surroundings of Juhu is home to many Bollywood celebrities and a significant number of Mumbai's business elite.

[11] Officially registered in March 2004, it now comprises voluntary members invited from NGOs in the K-West Municipal Ward of North West Mumbai.

ISKCON, Juhu