One of the five Planetarium, named after the first prime minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, is located in the beautiful city of Mumbai (Bombay), Annie Besant Street. It is part of the scientific and cultural center of Nehru, established in 1972. The building of the planetarium was opened at a ceremony with the participation of the Indira Gandhi March 3, 1977.

To date, the agency has become a real astronomical research center, which houses a planetarium, a museum, a library, a laboratory, a kind of a concert hall for watching movies and performances. The center also conducts seminars, lectures and competitions.

The building of the planetarium is a large hexagonal structure with a convex roof. His project was devised by the famous architect J. Indian. M. Kadri. Due to the dome shape of the roof and modern technology, in the vast central hall you can enjoy a splendid imitation of the starry sky. At the disposal of the planetarium projector is "Didzhistar 3", which was established in 2003, instead of the old projector Carl Zeiss.

Basically, the work of the planetarium is aimed at children, the fact that the younger generation interested in astronomy, as well as to show how recent progress in its development of space technology and increased human knowledge about space. But it is also very popular among novice astronomers.

Tickets to the planetarium is best to book in advance, because of the increased interest of tourists and regular school trips, they dismantled very quickly.