Russian cosmonaut shares pics of Mumbai clicked from space; Check out

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev shared pictures of Indian city of Mumbai that he took from during one of his expeditions in 2018. post was reshared by Russian Embassy in India which is garnering a lot of likes from netizens. Upon sharing pictures on social media, Oleg Artemyev also gave some insights about city that even many Indians wouldn't kw. Oleg Artemyev shared interesting facts on Instagram where he also explained meaning of name Mumbai. 

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Meaning of Mumbai

Oleg Artemyev wrote that name Mumbai is derived from word 'Mumb' which is name of a local goddess Mumba Devi and word 'ai' means mor in Marathi langu. Artemyev wrote that Mumbai is one of largest ecomic centers in India, where about 10% of all workers in country work in this city. 

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Artemyev also explained diversity in India through example of Mumbai as he wrote, " city coexists European and Asian cultural tritions. re are many holidays and festivals of various ethnic groups and religions. population of city takes a wide part in m, often regardless of religion." He furr explained topography of Mumbai saying city is located at mouth of Ulhas River, occupying islands of Bombay, Salsett, and jacent coast. Most of Mumbai is located at altitudes of 10 to 15 meters above sea level. rrn part of Mumbai is hilly, highest point of city is located at an altitude of 450 meters above sea level, Artemyev said. 

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When talking about India, cricket and Bollywood are first things that come into everyone's mind. Artymyev is different as he explained cricket is most popular game in Mumbai and Indian Film Industry Center, kwn to everyone as Bollywood, is located in city. Artemyev also said that Archaeological finds in rrn part of Mumbai indicate that se islands were inhabited alrey in Stone .