Discovering Mumbai heritage - A temple where cooled volcanic lava is worshiped
Mumbai Heritage series of posts is to highlight some unique heritage structures in & around our city of Mumbai where we may have knowledge of their presence but are not aware of their importance or unique facts or history behind them. By highlighting the facts & history we could bring more pride & awareness towards preserving these unique jewels we have in our city of Mumbai. Ghodapdeo: A predominantly labour class neighbourhood nestled between Cotton green, Reay Road, Mustafa bazaar & Kalachowky areas. This area was known for its cloth mills but post 1990 after the era of liberalisation the mills were shut down and today the area slowly is giving away to redevelopment of chawls and making way for high rises. This area is located just behind the famous Victoria gardens or also known as Rani baugh or Mumbai Zoo. Nestled in this neighbourhood is one unique temple of God Ghodapdeo. The area gets its name from this temple.The locals worship it as temple of Hanuma