HERITAGE - BANDRA INFO

Notes from the Launch of The house at 43, Hill Road.

The story of the house Joe’s grand father Braz Rodrigues built the palatial house at 43, Hill Road. Braz his children even his grandchildren were fluent in Portuguese and were very westernised. Braz married twice and inherited property of his first wife and got Rs 300 ( a tidy

ASSOCIATIONS & CLUBS

Meet Editor & Publisher Mr. Clarence Gomes of Bandra Times

I love the Bazaar Road market lane, and have walked the lane a thousand times, on this path you can’t help but notice a beautiful 148-year-old house marked “Bandra Times”. What really can put a smile on your face is the Bandra times message blackboard, where they have a

BUNGALOWS

A walk through Veronica Road in Ranwar

This slideshow requires JavaScript. One morning as I gave my bike for washing, I decided to walk and discover Ranwar. Every time I enter Veronica Road, a sudden peace and beauty engulf my being, the noise of traffic disappears, and here you are in a place, where development and chaos

BUILDINGS & INFRASTRUCTURE

A pencil sketch of Bandra railway station on railway from WR archives

Wow! This is the most beautiful sketch of Bandra Station from WR archives. Would love to know more about this sketch, when was it done and what year was it done? The original tweet A pencil sketch of #Bandra railway station on #Mumbai railway from WR archives pic.twitter.com/

HERITAGE

Bandra Walking Tours.

Theme Based Walking Tours in Mumbai. Also half day and full day city tours by car and tailor made tour packages for Mumbai India. www.mumbaiwalkingtours.com

BUNGALOWS

Mumbai architect Savio Lobo documents the dying structures of Bandra.

Twelve months of these street excursions have resulted in a 180-page book titled Bandra By Hand. Launched on Sunday, the book contains over 100 black-and-white sketches of known and lesser-known structures in Bandra. A sketch of the 160-year-old Parish St Peter’s Church. Armed with a sketchbook and a camera,

BUILDINGS & INFRASTRUCTURE

Pictures of Khar Bungalows compiled.

My favorite walking path in khar is the 11th and 12th Road, its quite free of crazy traffic and has trees on both sides of the streets, just perfect for a afternoon or a early evening walk. To see pictures of Bandra Bungalows go here https://bandra.info/pictures-of-bandra-bungalows-compiled-over-a-year/ On

BUILDINGS & INFRASTRUCTURE

Pictures of bandra Bungalows compiled over a year.

I shifted to bandra about a year back to work on this website and create a community. I love walking the streets of bandra/khar, there are some beautiful tree lined streets without much traffic and they have some sweet bungalows. I am trigger happy when it comes to clicking

CHURCHES

Once a part of Bandra's Catholic heritage, a chapel at Pali Hill will soon be history.

[box]The original story appeared in DNA on April 21st 2013 by Joanna Lobo . Click here to go to the story or read below. [/box] JLydia Jacinto, 86, grew up believing Jesus lived in Bandra. As a child, she thought the stations of the cross at the Calvary Chapel on

ARTS & CULTURE

How bottle masala made by East Indians of Bandra makes any dish taste good.

[box]The article written by Vikram Doctor was originally published in economic times on August 17, 2012, here is the link Pictures credit : https://www.bottlemasala.com/[/box] This slideshow requires JavaScript. I don’t think I could have had a better introduction to bottle masala. I was working

BUNGALOWS

Patkar Bungalow - Built in the late 1920s

This slideshow requires JavaScript. [box]This article by Gitanjali Chandrasekharan first appeared in her blog on heritage homes — www.bombayarchitecture.wordpress.com — in August 2012. Chandrasekharan is a journalist with Mumbai Mirror and tweets @cgitanjali[/box] Stylist Aarti Patkar remembers a time when she could play on the road outside

BUILDINGS & INFRASTRUCTURE

Only 11 bungalows remain on Pali Hill

This article from TOI is a bit dated, and things might have changed, but a great piece of journalism, republishing it again. The felling of bungalows in the leafy and exclusive oasis of Bandra’s Pali Hill has been recorded with dismal regularity. But the pace of redevelopment—and the

COMMUNITY

Castella de Aguada or the Bandra Fort.

Castella de Aguada (Portuguese: “Fort of the Waterpoint”), also known as the Bandra Fort, is a fort in Mumbai. “Castella” is a misspelling for Portuguese “Castelo” (castle). Properly, it should be called Castelo da Aguada, although it seems its Portuguese builders actually called it

HERITAGE

Mehboob Studio

Mehboob Studio is an Indian film studio and recording studio in Bandra (W), Mumbai, founded by director and producer Mehboob Khan in 1954 who ownedMehboob Productions and is most known for films like Mother India (1957), which won the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director and was a

COMMUNITY

Late Fr. Larry Pereira on Bandra Heritage

Bandra; Fr Larry Pereira; Bandra Heritage; Celebrate Bandra; Bandra history