The city's busiest handshake between two lines.
Dadar is where the Western and Central lines meet, and it never really empties. Before sunrise the flower market by the station is already loud and bright with marigolds. Shivaji Park, the maidan where generations of Mumbai cricketers learned the game, is a walk away.
Known for
- Flower market at dawn
- Shivaji Park
- Western–Central interchange
- Chaitya Bhoomi
The guide
Around Dadar
12 places worth getting off the train for. See the whole guide
Shop
Dadar flower market
Wholesale marigolds, jasmine and roses sold by the kilo beside the station. It is at full volume before sunrise and winding down by mid-morning.
Short walk from the stationMap for Dadar flower market (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Walk
Shivaji Park
A huge open maidan ringed by a walking path. Cricket nets in the morning, the whole neighbourhood out for a stroll in the evening.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Shivaji Park (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
See
Chaitya Bhoomi
The memorial to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar beside the sea at Dadar Chowpatty. People come from across the country every 6 December.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Chaitya Bhoomi (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Eat
Aaswad
A Maharashtrian snack house known for its misal pav. Also the place to try thalipeeth and piyush.
On the plate: Misal pav, Thalipeeth, Piyush
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Aaswad (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
See
Siddhivinayak Temple
The city's best-known Ganesh temple, in Prabhadevi. Tuesdays draw the longest queues.
Short taxi ride from the stationMap for Siddhivinayak Temple (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Eat
Prakash Shakahari Upahar Kendra
A plain Maharashtrian snack house on Gokhale Road. Sabudana vada, missal and a glass of piyush.
On the plate: Sabudana vada, Piyush
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Prakash Shakahari Upahar Kendra (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
See
Plaza Cinema
One of Dadar's oldest cinemas and for decades the home of Marathi film premieres.
Short walk from the stationMap for Plaza Cinema (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
See
Portuguese Church
Our Lady of Salvation, a parish founded in 1596. The present building, with its cluster of concrete shells, was designed by Charles Correa in the 1970s.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Portuguese Church (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
See
Savarkar Smarak
The memorial to V. D. Savarkar on the edge of Shivaji Park, with exhibition halls and an auditorium.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Savarkar Smarak (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Walk
Dadar Chowpatty
A narrow beach at the end of the Shivaji Park lanes. Come at dusk for the Sea Link across the bay.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Dadar Chowpatty (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Shop
Hindmata cloth market
The wholesale cloth market on the east side: saris, dress material and wedding shopping by the lane.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Hindmata cloth market (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Shop
Joshi Budhakaka Mahim Halwawala
The family shop behind Mahim halwa, the thin sheets of ghee-and-wheat sweet named after the neighbourhood two stops north. The family has made it for more than two centuries.
On the plate: Mahim halwa
On the east side, at Khodadad CircleMap for Joshi Budhakaka Mahim Halwawala (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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Walks from Dadar
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Dadar, from flowers to the sea
The flower market at dawn, a Maharashtrian breakfast, then the park and the beach.
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