Mumbai Marathon


India - Chennai - Goa - Bodhgaya - Mysore - Pondicherry - Puri - Shimla - Srinagar - Trivandrum - Agra - Bangalore - Chandigarh - Varanasi - Delhi - Cochin - Hyderabad - Jaipur - Kerala - Kolkata - Pune - Udaipur - Darjeeling - Mumbai - Ahmedabad
Mumbai Marathon is a very important event in India. It is Asia's largest Marathon. Athletes from different parts of the globe take part in this event. This huge event is organized brilliantly in Mumbai. Performances of athletes are also top class. The Mumbai Marathon grabs everyone's attention. Participants in Mumbai run for a noble cause and not for winning. They participate for social issues like child labor, girl child, save tigers. Winning is not an issue in Mumbai Marathon. The Mumbai Marathon is one of the major and eagerly awaited sporting event. Mumbai Marathon is organized for collecting funds. These funds are used to help NGOs that work in the rehabilitation of disabled, cancer and Aids people. Number of participants are increasing every year.People belonging to different culture, blind, physically disabled, young, old, army personnel participate in the marathon with enormous zeal.

Police of Mumbai also run under the banner ‘We stand United against Crime’. Bollywood actors also participate giving a glamorous look to the event. More than 20000 people stand at various points along the Marathon route and cheer the runners. Mumbai Marathon is an act of unity. Every year the business barons contribute around 50 million Rs for the event. Every year the Mumbai Marathon gets a tremendous responseThe Marathon begins early in the morning from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. The Marathon route is of 42 kms. This year some children ran bare-footed for victims of Tsunami waves. A pregnant women also walked at this Marathon.Mumbai is best portrayed in Mumbai Marathon route. Every participant plays an important role in making the Marathon a success.. The increasing temperature of Mumbai does not deter the people of Mumbai from taking part in the Marathon. Their energy levels are very high. Massive operations are undertaken to show this event live on television.

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