Monday, February 09, 2009

Heritage walks Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue

David Sassoon's grandson, Jacob Eliyahu Sassoon, built the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in the Bombay Fort area, naming it for his father Eliyahu (David Sassoon's second son). [1]
The three-storey Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue is located in a dingy back lane off Mahatma Gandhi Road, in an area called kala Ghoda

Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue

Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue

Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue

Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue
Mumbai G.P.O(Fort), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001, India - 022 22831502


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http://www.jacobsassoon.org/synagogues.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/mumbai-bombay/sights/386709
http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2005/02/a_visit_to_kene.html

The Baghdadi Synagogues in Bombay and Poona

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Kala Ghoda ("Black Horse") Keneseth Eliyahoo SynagogueKeneseth Eliyahoo Synagoguewhich is not longer at kala ghoda but the statue is now in the Jijamata Udyan in Byculla
Victoria & Albert Museum (Mumbai) now called Bhau Daji Lad Museum Ranibaug, Byculla [2]



Other Heritage buildings

Rajabai Clock Tower
University Library
Bombay University
Oval Walk
Eros Cinema Art deco
Custom House
Neville House Ballard estate
Commerce House ballard estate
Kaiser-I-hind Building
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