Fishing boats packed along Sassoon DocksHulls side by side at a quay; give each hull its own stripes. Built in 1875; one of the city's largest fish markets.
A black-and-yellow Mumbai taxi, side onOutline a small car; fill the lower half black and the upper half yellow, as the city's classic cabs are painted.
A dabbawala's bicycle loaded with lunch boxesOutline the bicycle, then pack tins along it. Each box carries a color and numbers that say where it must go.
A double-decker city bus with two rows of windowsA tall box on wheels; fill it with two rows of small squares. Double-deckers joined the city's bus service in 1937.
A ferry pulling away from the Gateway jettiesA wide boat with passengers along the rail and the big arch small behind it. Ferries use two of the five jetties here.
A metro train crossing above the trafficA deck on tall piers, a train on top, cars below; fill the train windows with faces. Three of the lines run elevated.
A monorail train on its raised beamOne thick beam on tall columns, a short train on it. Opened in 2014; all service was suspended on 20 September 2025.
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Taxis, trains and streets, continued
A suburban local train, coach after coachA long strip cut into coaches; fill each with doors and windows. The network carries more than 6 million riders a day.
A tiffin carrier, three tiers under one handleThree short cylinders, a handle over the top, a catch at each side. Fill each tier with a different pattern.
An auto rickshaw on its three wheelsA rounded cabin with one wheel in front and two behind; stripe the hood. They run in the suburbs, not the far south.
The Bandra–Worli Sea Link and its fans of cablesA long deck on piers, tall towers, cable lines fanning down. Cable-stayed, 5.6 kilometers long, eight lanes wide.
The long curve of Marine Drive beside its bayOne long C; fill it with dots for lamps. Seen from above at night, the lights look like a string of pearls.
Three cabs nose to tail at a taxi standOne cab outline three times, overlapping. Auto rickshaws may not enter the south of the city; cabs may.
Landmarks 12
A hedge animal in the Hanging GardensOne smooth animal shape with no details; fill it with tiny leaves. Terraced gardens on Malabar Hill, laid out in 1881.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, dome and turretsA wide front under a ribbed central dome; fill with arches. Finished in 1887; a World Heritage Site with 18 platforms.
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya domeA three-story block capped by a dome, palms in front; fill the dome with ribs. A museum of gray basalt and buff stone.
Crawford Market and its high skylight roofA long hall with a skylight roof 15 meters up; fill with stalls. Built in 1869; lit by electricity in 1882.
Flora Fountain with its statue on topStacked basins, a statue at the top and a figure at each of four corners. Carved in Portland stone in 1864.
The Gateway of India, seen face onA tall middle arch, a smaller arch each side, four turrets on top; fill with stone blocks. Honey-colored basalt, 1924.
The General Post Office under its great domeOne big dome over a long front; fill the front with arches. Modeled on the Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur; finished in 1913.
Gilbert Hill, a column of black basaltOne tall block with a sheer face; fill with upright cracks. A 200-foot monolith at Andheri.
The long front of the Bombay High CourtA central tower with two eight-sided towers beside it; fill with rows of pointed windows. Finished in 1878.
The Old Woman's Shoe in Kamala Nehru ParkA giant shoe as big as a house; fill it with laces and stitches. It comes from the nursery rhyme, on Malabar Hill.
The Rajabai Clock TowerA tall slim Gothic tower with a clock face high up; fill with narrow arches. 85 meters, on the university's Fort campus.
Worli Fort, a lookout over Mahim BayA low block of walls on a mound; fill with stones. The British built it about 1675 as a lookout over Mahim Bay.
Food and stalls 12
A Bombay sandwich in a long-handled toasting ironTwo squares of white bread, potato and raw vegetables at the edges, toasted over a flame. A street food here.
A glass of falooda in layersA glass in bands: rose syrup, fine noodles, basil seeds and milk, often with kulfi on top. Pattern each band.
A heap of bhelpuri on a plateA mound; fill it with puffed-rice dots and short noodle threads. The city's favorite street snack, sold on its beaches.
A plate of misal pavA bowl of sprouted beans under a crunchy topping, two rolls and a lemon wedge beside it. A dish of Maharashtra.
A small glass of cutting chaiA short glass, half full, with a wisp of steam. Roadside stalls sell it: a full cup of tea cut in half.
A sugarcane juice stall with its crushing machineThe machine, a stack of long canes and a row of glasses; fill the canes with rings. The juice is pressed from the cane.
A vada pav with a green chili beside itA round bun sliced almost in half with a ball of fried potato inside. Fill the bun top with speckles.
An Alphonso mango, whole and slicedA plump oval and one slice; fill the slice with fine lines. Saffron-colored flesh; grown mainly along the Konkan coast.
Bombay duck, slim fish drying in the sunRows of slim fish; fill each with a spine and ribs. Despite the name it is a fish, by old custom dried in the sun.
Kulfi in a little clay potA small round pot with a rim; fill it with dots for nuts. Kulfi is slow-cooked milk frozen in molds, often clay cups.
Pav bhaji cooking on a flat griddleA wide flat pan heaped with mashed vegetable curry, soft rolls beside it. It began as a quick lunch for mill workers.
Six panipuri on a plateSix hollow balls, each open at the top with a filling inside. They are dipped in flavored water before they are eaten.
Sea, festivals and everyday 12
A banyan's crown held up by many prop rootsA wide crown and many slim trunks under it; fill the crown with leaf shapes. The banyan is India's national tree.
A Dahi Handi human pyramid reaching for the potRings of figures standing on shoulders, one at the top, a clay pot above. Fill each shirt with the same team stripe.
A game of cricket on the Oval MaidanA wide oval of grass with small figures and stumps; fill the grass with dashes. Cricket and soccer are its main games.
A rangoli pattern on a doorstepA grid of dots joined into petals and loops; fill each petal differently. It is made on the floor with colored powders.
An umbrella in monsoon rainA half circle with ribs and a hooked handle; fill the air with slanted lines. The monsoon runs June through September.
The black horse statue of Kala GhodaA horse on a block; fill it solid black. Kala Ghoda means black horse, and the art district around it is a crescent.
Dhobi Ghat at Mahalaxmi, line after line of washingDraw the lines first, then peg shirts and sheets on them. It is said to be the world's biggest open-air laundry.
Fishing boats packed along Sassoon DocksHulls side by side at a quay; give each hull its own stripes. Built in 1875; one of the city's largest fish markets.
Flamingos on the mudflats at SewriS-shaped necks on stick legs, many of them; fill the mud with ripples. Lesser flamingos gather on these mudflats.
Girgaon Chowpatty, the beach at the end of Marine DriveA curve of sand with the bay behind; fill the sand with footprints. A public beach under Malabar Hill.
Juhu Beach at sunset, facing the Arabian SeaA long strip of sand and a half sun on the water; fill the sea with short dashes. It faces west over the Arabian Sea.
Runners in the city's January marathonA river of small figures with numbers on their chests. First run in 2004; held on the third Sunday of January.
How this list was compiled: Original list written for Draw This Next on 2026-10-02: 48 real, named things from Mumbai to pack into one page of doodle art, in four topics (taxis, trains and streets; landmarks; food and stalls; sea, festivals and everyday), each marked easy, medium or hard. The hints are our own: each gives the shapes to outline, and most add a pattern to fill them with. The fact in each hint was read on 2026-10-02 in the English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org; text free to reuse under CC BY-SA 4.0), in the articles Taxis in India, Auto rickshaw, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport, Mumbai Suburban Railway, Dabbawala, Tiffin carrier, Bandra–Worli Sea Link, Marine Drive (Mumbai), Mumbai Monorail, Mumbai Metro, Gateway of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Rajabai Clock Tower, Bombay High Court, Flora Fountain, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, General Post Office (Mumbai), Gilbert Hill, Kamala Nehru Park, Mumbai, Hanging Gardens of Mumbai, Worli Fort, Crawford Market, Vada pav, Pav bhaji, Bhelpuri, Panipuri, Bombay sandwich, Masala chai, Kulfi, Falooda, Misal, Alphonso mango, Sugarcane juice, Bombay duck, Girgaon Chowpatty, Juhu, Sewri, Sassoon Docks, Dhobi Ghat, Monsoon of South Asia, Oval Maidan, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai Marathon, Dahi Handi, Rangoli and Banyan. No car maker, company, shop, film or living person is named, and no place of worship or sacred image is on the list. A detail the articles did not confirm was left out. The Mumbai Monorail article was read again on 2026-10-03: the line opened in 2014 and all service was suspended on 20 September 2025 for an overhaul. The Mumbai Suburban Railway article was read again the same day: its opening gives more than 7.5 million commuters a day and its fact box 6.195 million a day for 2022–23, so the hint says more than 6 million. Licence: own work
How it works
Forty-eight real, named things from Mumbai to pack into one page of doodle art: taxis and trains, landmarks, street food, the sea and everyday life. Each hint gives the shapes to outline; most add a pattern to fill them.
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Mumbai taxi doodle art
Start with the cab. A black-and-yellow Mumbai taxi, side on, is a small car with the lower half black and the upper half yellow. The topic Taxis, trains and streets adds a double-decker bus, a local train, an auto rickshaw and a dabbawala's bicycle to fit around it.
Fill the page edge to edge
Doodle art leaves no gaps. Place three or four big outlines first, a landmark, a cab, a plate of food, then fit small ones into the spaces between and give every outline its own pattern.
Questions and answers
What should a Mumbai doodle include?
Things that belong to this city: the black-and-yellow taxi, the Gateway of India, a suburban local train, a vada pav, the long curve of Marine Drive. The list sorts them into streets, landmarks, food, and sea and everyday life.
What colors is a Mumbai taxi?
Black and yellow. The classic cabs of the city are painted black on the lower half and yellow on the upper half.
What is the Gateway of India?
An arch monument on the Mumbai waterfront, finished in 1924: a tall central arch with smaller arches beside it and four turrets above, built of honey-colored basalt. Ferries leave from the jetties next to it.