Lesson learnt from the walk DO NOT ask anyone for Ranwar Village NO ONE has heard of these villages.
Also do not ask for VERONICA STREET no one know.
Some people around lilavati hospital must have heard about chapel road but no one about veronica street.
look for 
Arunkumar Vaidya Marg
behind lilavati Hospital near Bandra Station
Arunkumar Vaidya Margbehind lilavati Hospital near Bandra Station
Franklin house pali hill
Old stairway at pali behind baegal shop
Old House around pali
Old houses around pali
House near and around chimbai road
Old houses around pali
House near and around chimbai road
Old house opposite the St Andrews Church
St Andrews Church Build in 1616 ,115 Hill Road Bandra
Fountain outside St Andrews Church Presented By Jafferbhai ludha chatu esqto the Municipality of Bandra 1984
In 1894 a fountain was presented to the municipality of Bandra by Jafferbhai Ludha Khatu.
Our lady of Mount Carmel 189415 chapel road bandra mumbai 50
St. Joseph's chapel Bazaar Road Bandra west
Old Building along D'Monte Road and Chapel RoadThe houses here date back a century or more, and the villagers have lived here peacefully for generations, ignoring the big-city madness just a few hundred yards away. Now the city has begun to encroach on their way of life, with empty plots and even some of the old houses being replaced by modern multi-storied buildings, a jarring contrast to the aesthetics of the red tiled eaves.
More than one villager came up during this shoot, and spoke passionately of the heritage of Ranwar, and how they would very much like life in this village to remain as it has been, safe from the predations of builders and modernization.
Ranwar was a tenant village of the Jesuits until 1739 when the Portuguese evacuated Bandra and the Marathas took possession of it. In December 1774, the Marathas were ejected by the British who allowed the farmers to become proprietors of the land they cultivated.
St Joseph’s Convent had commenced classes in 1863.
In 1792, Fr Francis de Mello of Povoacao, now D’monte Street, initiated literacy classes in a shed within St Andrew’s Church compound.
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Castella de Aguada, known as Bandra Fort,
Bandra fort is a Grade I listed structure and an important part of the city's history as after the seven islands of Bombay were ceded to the British in 1661, the fort became an important watchtower between the Portuguese-held Salsette Island on which it stood and the British-held islands to the south.
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The Old Church
The foundation of the original St Peter’s Church was laid in April 12, 1852, by Bishop Hartmann. The Church was completed in September 1853. It measured approximately 100 by 75 feet. In 1867 a second storey was added to the old top floor.
Heritage Structure
The Urban Development Department of the Government of Maharashtra has listed the Church as a Grade II heritage structure. In 1995 the Church was awarded the prestigious Urban Heritage Award.
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An integral part of Bandra’s history lies in the area of D’Monte Street and Chinchpokli Road. In the days when the pace was leisurely and people had the time to stop and greet each other.
D’Monte Street was named after the D’Montes, the original residents who owned most of the property in the area including the Chinchpokli Road. D’Monte Street was the arterial link from the Station and what was then called Ghodbunder Road, to Bandra bazaar, Chapel Road and right up to the Mount.
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St Andrew's Church was said to be built in 1575 [1]
Bandra station has been designated as a Grade I heritage structure by legislation passed in 1995.
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Like its name, from 'Vandre' (Marathi) to 'Bandora' (Portuguese) to Bandra (English) and other variants like Bandor, Bandura, Bandera, Bandara, Pandara and Bandorah, the place has undergone a metamorphosis.
Bandra has 25 villages of which 22 still exist. Each village has a history and heritage of its own-and its own story to tell
heritage walks at Castella de Aguada, Mt. Mary and Jari Mari Mandir.
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St. Andrew's Church stands on the sea-shore on the site of a church of the same name, which was built in 1575 by the Rev. F. Manuel Gomes, the apostle of Salsette, the
Up to 1620 St. Andrew's was the only church at Bandra.In the original St. Andrew's church the door was at the west end and opened on the sea-shore.
The entrance to the present church, which was rebuilt in 1864, is at the east end which presents the usually quaintly ornamented face. The bare walls are surmounted by a steep tiled roof with bell-towers at each side, and a figure of St. Andrew stands over the central door. The cross to the left of the door, on which the emblems of the Passion are carved in
The Koli fishermen, who formerly belonged to the congregation, have since 1852 attached themselves to the Jesuit church of St. Peter.
Govind Krishna Patil spoke of the Koli community and how his family was the first to get a telephone connection in Bandra in 1942. www.celebratebandra.net
The chapel of Nossa Senhora de Monte, or Mount Mary as it is commonly called, the most famous church in Salsette and the most widely respected by the non-Christian inhabitants, stands on the crest of Bandra hill.
It seems to have been built about 1640 for the use of the garrison of the Agoada, or blockhouse, with which it was connected by a road of which traces remain. According to the local story it was destroyed by the Marathas in 1738 and rebuilt in 1761. The famous statue of the Virgin was recovered from the sea by a fisherman, and, after remaining for a time in St. Andrew's church, was restored to its former position in 1761, and has since been held in much veneration not only by Christians but by Hindus, Musalmans, and Parsis.
St. Peter's Church and St. Stanislaus' Orphanage are accommodated in a building which was originally intended to be an orphanage for native children. It was taken in hand in 1852 when the Koli fishermen of Bandra went over to the jurisdiction of the Vicar Apostolic of Bombay.
The building, which is 100 feet long by seventy-five broad, consists of a ground-floor and upper story with a loft which can be used as a sleeping room. There are no partition walls in the building,
The St. Stanislaus' Orphanage had its beginning in Bombay in one of the houses where the St. Mary Institution now stands. Though the Bandra building was completed in 1853, it was not occupied by the orphans till 1863.
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There are five ancient hamlets in Bandra Bazaar Road Village, Ranwar Village, Chimbai Village, Sherly Rajan Village and Pali Village. mid-day.com
- Our lady of Mount carmel 1894 ,15 chapel road bandra mumbai 50
- St andrew 1616 ,115 Hill Road Bandra
- St Anne 1943,Pali hill Bandra
- St peter 1853 ,Hill road Bandra
- St Theresa 1946 ,24th Road ,TPS III,Bandra
- St Vincent De Paul 1943
- off 20th Road Khar
- St Stephens Church, which was built in 1845. Interestingly the church is not on the heritage list.
- Mount Marys was declared a Basilica in 1958 because of its architectural magnificence and because it became a pilgrimage destination.
- The four to five feet thick walls of St Andrews Church were built in order to protect it from cannon shells and other artillery.
- The cross in St Andrews Church originally came from St Annes Church.
- The stained glass windows in St Peters Church came from China.
- The marble used to create the altar at St Peters was shipped from Italy.
Bandra as it was centuries ago
Bandra: Encyclopedia
Bandra: Encyclopedia experiencefestival.com
A verandah with a view: How 50 years have changed a village in Bandra
http://www.goldenbandra.com/RanwarCB.htm
BANDRA-- Suburban Queen of Bombay
Scenes from Bandra village
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anindo/170056755/
Maps
Veronica STREET, BANDRA
Andrews Church, Bandra
Chapel Road, Bandra
RANWAR, WARODA ROAD, VERONICA STREET, BANDRA WEST
Apostolic Carmel High School., Bandra
Suggested walks
Heritage Walk 1 - Take a walk around Bandra! From National College
to the Bandra Municipality.
Starting point National College - 8 am
Heritage Walk 2 - Waves of change.
Starting point St. Andrews Church - 8 am
take a Heritage walk at Castella De Aguada(Portuguese fort at Lands end), Mt Mary’s Basilica and Jari Mari Mandir (near
Bandra Talao, S. V. Road).
Stephens, St Peters, St Andrews and others.
an old mosque on SV Road
second walk is an attempt to re-discover Ranwar village. The meeting point is Mt Carmels church at 8 am.
Ranwar was declared a heritage precinct in 1995.
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