It's a big festival in my suburb of Bandra. Thousands and thousands of Christians come to see the Mary on the Mount and seek help. Along with these pilgrims come vendors, rides and street celebrations. This is all happening on Chapel road, which connects to the street I live on. (I've both enjoyed and been annoyed by the 80s/90s mix of American music blaring from 9 am-12 am every day for the last week. Personal favorites: "We Built this City," "I had the time of my life," "Knock three times.." You get the idea.) It was quite fun to wander around and see the many vendors selling everything from wax figures shaped like body parts (to be offered to Mary for help with ailments) to party hats, sweets and the like.
What festival would be complete without questionable, rickety fast rides with children and adults alike screaming in either fear or delight. These too were fun to check out....not to ride though! ("US teacher dies on Fair ride death trap..." Not the way I want to go.)
I also through in some footage here of the Bandra train station at night, where I met a friend. This station is part of the Mumbai rail network, which has the highest ridership (perhaps second behind Tokyo) in the world. Quite a spectacle!
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