Experts' Choice Award Banganga
What the experts agree on
This 400-year-old temple complex in South Mumbai feels frozen in time—17 shrines overlook a sacred water tank while incense smoke and chanting pujaris create an otherworldly devotional atmosphere, remarkably untouched despite surrounding urban
“Its 17 temples overlook a tranquil water tank, painstakingly built over 400 years, and finished in the 13th century. The smell of burning incense and fresh jasmine wafts through the air.”
– Condé Nast Traveler
Concierge "Even as housing prices atop Malabar Hill approach those of Manhattan, the sleepy temple area at its base appears untouched by the strains of modern life."
Frommer's "...Banganga continues to function as an out-of-time devotional hub, its tolling bells and mantra-chanting pujaris drawing devotees to worship the divine." Full review
