For the fifth consecutive year, Alliance Française de Bombay, echoing European Heritage Days, organizes Heritage Week by proposing several guided tours around Mumbai.

Dharavi with Sancia Sequeira
Did you know that even before ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ was shot in this township, the potters, embroiderers, recyclers, bakers, papad-makers were already the heroes and heroines of an unsung economic miracle. Not a slum in the traditional sense of the word, Dharavi has churches, mosques, temples to cater to all communities, hospitals and clinics and above all, schools with two shifts which is a testimony to the growing respect for education among the so-called slum-dwellers.

Meeting point : outside Mahim station platform / 3 hour tour

Registration is required for all of the visits, send an e-mail to : [email protected]