Mosque in the Sea

Swimming? Boating? Paddling? Nah, just plain old walking. That`s how you get to Haji Ali, the mosque in the sea. Haji Ali was a Muslim merchant from Mumabi who died on his way to Mecca after giving up all his possessions. According to legend, his body floated all the way back to Mumbai. The mosque is in desperate need of maintenance but that would mean shutting the whole mosque for some time and few people like that option.

During high tide, and especially during monsoon season, it is impossible to get to the mosque because the walkway is under water. Along the walkway, you see plenty of people selling things, and that`s fine. But what is hard to see is the many physically deformed people, mostly men, laying on the ground chanting for what seems like hours, even days. That was really, really tough.