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Mahim Junction
Mahim Dargah · Photo by Nicholas (Nichalp), CC BY-SA 3.0
A dargah, a church and the edge of the island city.
Mahim was one of the seven islands, and it still feels like its own town. The dargah of the 15th-century saint Makhdoom Ali Mahimi is here, and so is St. Michael's, where people of every faith queue for the Wednesday novena. North of the creek, the suburbs begin.
Known for
- Mahim Dargah
- St. Michael's novena
- Mahim Bay
- Mahim Fort
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Around Mahim Junction
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Mahim Dargah
The shrine of Makhdoom Ali Mahimi, a 15th-century scholar and saint. Each December the Mahim fair fills the street outside for ten days.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Mahim Dargah (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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St. Michael's Church
A parish founded in the 1500s, in a modern building. On Wednesdays the novena draws tens of thousands, of every religion.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for St. Michael's Church (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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Mahim Fort
The worn remains of a fort at the mouth of the creek, older than British Bombay. The view across the bay to the Sea Link is the reason to come.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Mahim Fort (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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Maharashtra Nature Park
A woodland grown on a former rubbish dump beside the Mithi river, now full of birds and butterflies.
Short taxi ride from the stationMap for Maharashtra Nature Park (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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Sitladevi Temple
An old temple to the goddess people once prayed to against smallpox. The road outside is named after it.
15 to 20 minute walkMap for Sitladevi Temple (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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