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  2. Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, Bandra - Wikipedia

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    Archdiocese. Archdiocese of Bombay. Clergy. Archbishop. Cardinal Oswald Gracias. Rector. Rev Fr Vernon Aguiar. Officially, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, colloquially known as Mount Bandra and Mount St Mary Church; is a basilica (shrine) of the Roman Catholic Church, located at the Bandra neighbourhood of Bombay (Mumbai), India. [1]

  3. Mumba Devi Temple - Wikipedia

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    Mumba Devi is the goddess of the city of Mumbai. The name Mumbai is derived from Mumba Devi. [ 1 ] While Hindu sects devoted to the goddess Mumbadevi are attested to as far back as the 15th century, it is said that the temple was built in 1675 near the main landing site of the former Bori Bunder creek against the north wall of the English Fort ...

  4. Fort Vasai - Wikipedia

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    Fort Vasai (Vasai killa in Marathi, Fortaleza de São Sebastião de Baçaim in Portuguese, Fort Bassein in English) is a ruined fort of the town of Vasai (Bassein), Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India. The structure was formally christened as the Fort of St Sebastian in the Indo-Portuguese era. The fort is a monument of national importance and ...

  5. Girgaon Chowpatty - Wikipedia

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    Girgaon Chowpatty. Girgaon Chowpatty (IAST: Giragāva Chaupāṭī), is a public beach along the Queen’s Necklace adjoining Marine Drive in the Girgaon area of Mumbai (Bombay), Konkan division, India. It is served by the Charni Road railway station. The beach is noted for its Ganesh Visarjan, when thousands of people from all over Mumbai and ...

  6. Bombay Castle - Wikipedia

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    Bombay Castle (also Casa da Orta) is one of the oldest defensive structures built in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The current castle is a structure built by the British on the site of the Manor House built by a Portuguese nobleman Garcia de Orta. [ 1][ 2] Orta had leased the island of Bombay from the King of Portugal between 1554 and 1570.

  7. Colaba - Wikipedia

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    Colaba was known for the variety of fishes – the bombil (Bombay duck), rawas, halwa, turtles, crabs, prawns and lobsters. A Colaba Observatory, a meteorological observatory was established in 1826 in the part that was called Upper Colaba. The Colaba Causeway was completed in 1838, and thus, the remaining two islands were joined to the others.

  8. Elephanta Island - Wikipedia

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    This island is a popular tourist destination because of the island's cave temples, the Elephanta Caves, that have been carved out of rock. The island is easily accessible by ferry from Mumbai, being about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the south east coast of the island city. Boats leave daily from the Gateway of India, taking about an hour each way.

  9. Sanjay Gandhi National Park - Wikipedia

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    Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Sanjay Gandhi National Park is an 87 km 2 (34 sq mi) protected area in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was established in 1969 with its headquarters situated at Borivali. [1] The 2400-year-old Kanheri caves, sculpted by monks out of the rocky basaltic cliffs, lie within the park.

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