Heritage Clock tower

Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadia Clock Tower is a heritage structure in Fort, Mumbai, India, that was erected in 1882 using public funds as a token of appreciation for Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadi, a Parsi philanthropist who had contributed to the cause of education in the city. He was a member of the Bombay Native Education Society and on the board of Elphinstone Institution (now Elphinstone College). Ref Wikipedia.

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Capitol

Capitol cinema was one of the oldest theatres in Mumbai built in 1879. Now it is permanently closed. It is a Heritage Grade 2 structure.

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Heritage

The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters in Mumbai is a Grade IIA Heritage building, It dates back to 1893 and its architecture is a blend of Venetian Gothic and Indo Saracenic styles.

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Windows

Beautiful windows of the Ma Hajiani dargah (tomb) in Worli.

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Gateway of India

The Gateway of India is synonymous with Mumbai. It was built as a triumphal arch to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Mumbai (then, Bombay). It was designed by the British architect, George Wittet. In the past Gateway of India used to be the arrival point for visitors from the west. Ironically, when the Raj ended in 1947, this colonial symbol also became a sort of epitaph: the last of the British ships that set sail for England left from the Gateway.

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Methodist church

Bowen Memorial Methodist Church, one of the oldest Churches in south Mumbai was dedicated in 1889 to the memory of the Rev. George Bowen.

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Ma Hajiani

 The beautiful carvings on the exterior of the Ma Hajiani dargah (tomb) in Worli, Mumbai.

Vintage

One of the old surviving houses in Bandra.

Bandra Heritage

Heritage water fountain in Bandra near St.Andrew's church. As per the plaque on it, it was presented to the Bandra Municipality in 1894 by Jafferbhai Ludha Chatu Esq.,

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St. Andrews church

St. Andrew's Church is one of the oldest churches in Mumbai, built by the Portuguese Jesuits in 1575. It stands on the sea-shore of the Bandra suburb of Mumbai, and was the only church there till the first quarter of the 17th century. Wikipedia

Old and beautiful

One of the few houses still standing the test of time in Bandra.

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Kanheri caves

The Kanheri Caves are a group of caves and rock-cut monuments cut into a massive basalt outcrop in the forests of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, in the western outskirts of Mumbai, India. They contain Buddhist sculptures and relief carvings, paintings and inscriptions, dating from the 1st century BCE to the 10th century CE. 

Drinking water fountain

A now defunct drinking water fountain in Bandra, presented by Jafferbhai Ludha Chatu Esq., to the Municipality of Bandra in 1894.

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Ashram

An ashram in the Babulnath temple premises.

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Windows

Godly windows at Babulnath temple.

Our Lady of Fatima

In front of the shrine of Mount Mary in Bandra stands the oratory of Our Lady of Fatima built to commemorate the National Marian Congress held in Bombay in December 1954. It is also a fine specimen of archi­tecture with a round staircase on both sides with arches below and over a central arch a structure with four minarets and a central spire.
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Jai Shankar

Steps leading to Babulnath temple that was built on a hillock in 1890 dedicated to Lord Shiva. A popular destination for tourists and pilgrims in Mumbai.

St.Stephen's church

Built in 1853 St.Stephen's church stands beautiful in a cute corner of Bandra close to the Mount Mary church. 

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Babulnath temple

The Babulnath temple in Mumbai dates back to 1890. It is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and is located on a small hillock near Girgaum chowpatty.
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Profile of Mount Mary church

The shrine of Our Lady of the Mount popularly known as Mount Mary or Mat Mauli, the corrupted form of Mata Mauli or Mother Mauli, is one of the most famous Christian shrines in India. The shrine, at that time a modest little hermitage, was founded by the Jesuits round about the years 1568-1570. In 1640 the hermitage was enlarged into a chapel. However another reference states, " In the year 1678 a chapel was built by the Portuguese and named Capella de N. Senhora do Monte, which was made filial to the ancient church of St. Anne."( B. L. D'silva in the Indian Antiquary XIX, pp. 443-44.) However one thing is certain that by 1679 it had become a famous place of pilgrimage frequented by Christrians and non-Christians alike. The present church which is a fine example of Gothic architecture with its noble facade and its soaring spires was built in 1904. he status of the shrine of Mount Mary was raised to a Minor Basilica by Pope Pius XII, at the time of the centenary celebrations of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
A huge fair is held in honour of Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ and is celebrated during the Octave (Sunday to Sunday) following the feast on 8th September. During the period thousands of devotees from all walks of life with no discrimination of caste and creed throng the road leading to the chapel of Our Lady of the Mount that goes to show the secular nature and cosmopolitan character of Bombay city.
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