Religious & sacred sites in Mumbai
Cathedrals, mosques, temples and shrines, with notes on dress and visiting hours.
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1.Mount Mary Church
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.
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2.Our Lady of Egypt Church Kalina
Our Lady of Egypt is a Roman Catholic church in Kalina, Mumbai under the Archdiocese of Bombay. The church was founded in 1606 and celebrated its 400th anniversary in mid-2006. Father John Lopes is the parish priest as of 2024.
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3.Holy Cross Church
Holy Cross Church, Kurla is a Roman Catholic Church in Kurla, a suburb of Mumbai, India. It was built during the Portuguese era by the Jesuits in 1588 and rebuilt in 1848. It is one of the oldest churches in Mumbai. The church belongs to the Archdiocese of Bombay.
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4.Afghan Church
The Church of St John the Evangelist, better known as the Afghan Church, is an Anglican church belonging to the Mumbai diocese of the Church of North India. Located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, it was built by the British between 1847 and 1858 to commemorate the dead of the First Afghan War and the disastrous 1842 retreat from Kabul. Memorials at the rear of the nave also record casualties from the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The foundation stone was laid in 1847; it was consecrated in 1858, and work on the steeple finished in 1865.
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5.Haji Ali Dargah
The Haji Ali Dargah is a Sufi shrine and the monument of Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari, Which is located on an islet off the coast of Worli in southern Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra, India.
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6.Global Pagoda
The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a meditation dome hall with a capacity to seat around 8,000 Vipassana meditators near Gorai, and is also the main attraction in Gorai, in the north western part of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The Global Vipassana Pagoda is "declared as one of the ‘Seven Wonders of Maharashtra" by the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) in partnership with ABP Majha, a Marathi news channel, after they reviewed 350 destinations. The results of this selection were declared on 6th June, 2013. The pagoda was inaugurated by Pratibha Patil, the then President of India, on 8 February, 2009. It is built on donated land on a peninsula between the Gorai creek and the Arabian Sea. The pagoda is to serve as a monument of peace and harmony. The Global Vipassana Pagoda has been built out of gratitude to Sayagyi U Ba Khin (1899-1971), a Vipassana teacher and the first Accountant-General of Independent Burma, who was instrumental in Vipassana returning to India, the country of its origin.
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7.St, Michael's Church
St. Michael's Church is one of the oldest Catholic churches in the Mahim suburb of Mumbai (Bombay), India.
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8.Magen David Synagogue
The Magen David Synagogue is a synagogue, located in Byculla, Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra, India.
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