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A Jesuit annual letter dated to 1669 and published in the book St Andrew's Church, Bandra (1616–1966) supports this claim. Koli fisherfolk call the statue as Mot Maoli, literally meaning the "Pearl Mother" or "the Mother of the Mount"; mot could be a corruption of the Indo-Portuguese word monte for "mount"; maoli is a Marathi-Konkani word for ...
The statue of Our Lady of the Mount. The Bandra Fair is a week-long fair held annually in the Bandra suburb of Mumbai (Bombay), India.It starts on the Sunday following the 8th of September (Bandra Fest) at Mount St Mary Church; the festival of the Nativity of Our Lady, the virgin-mother of Jesus Christ.
Bandra is the last southern point from Mumbai where auto rickshaws ply. Beyond Bandra, entering Mahim, only taxis are allowed to ply. The Bandra–Worli Sea Link bridge connects Bandra West with Worli, located in central Mumbai. Due to Bandra's central location, most parts of the city are easily accessible.
Some say that Skanda is the Hindu war god Kartikeya (Murugan) himself, who bears the name Skanda. Others point out that Skanda might also be a manifestation of Vajrapani , a bodhisattva who bears some relations to Skanda because they both wield Vajras as weapons, are portrayed with flaming halos, and are both heavenly protectors of Buddhism.
In Arabian mythology, Hubal (Arabic: هُبَل) was a god worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia, notably by the Quraysh at the Kaaba in Mecca. The god's icon was a human figure believed to control acts of divination, which was performed by tossing arrows before the statue. The direction in which the arrows pointed answered questions asked to Hubal.
"Castella" is a misspelling for Portuguese "Castelo" (castle), although it seems its Portuguese builders actually called it Forte de Bandorá (or Bandra Fort). It is located at Land's End in Bandra. It was built by the Portuguese in 1640 as a watchtower overlooking Mahim Bay, the Arabian Sea and the southern island of Mahim. [1]
The Statue of Marduk, also known as the Statue of Bêl (Bêl, meaning "lord", being a common designation for Marduk), [2] was the physical representation of the god Marduk, the patron deity of the ancient city of Babylon, traditionally housed in the city's main temple, the Esagila. There were seven statues of Marduk in Babylon, but 'the' Statue ...
Sondani, two Dvarapalas, circa 525 CE. One of two pairs of dvarapala, 9th century Buddhist temple of Plaosan, Java, Indonesia.. A Dvarapala or Dvarapalaka (Sanskrit, "door guard"; IAST: Dvārapāla Sanskrit pronunciation: [dʋaːɽɐpaːlɐ]) is a door or gate guardian often portrayed as a warrior or fearsome giant, usually armed with a weapon - the most common being the gada (mace).