Archive for August, 2008
Mumbai events
Prithvi Theatre is an intimate 200-seater theatre in the Bombay suburb of Juhu. Originally set up to promote professional Hindi theatre, we are now a daily running theatre (closed Mondays) offering you shows in Hindi, English, Gujarati and Marathi.
Our annual activities include the Memorial Concert every February 28, Summertime creative workshops and plays for children every [...]
Bandra Information
Bandra is a possible adaptation of Bandar, Persian word for Port. There are other views on the origin of the name: that it is derived from a Portuguese princess for one and another more plausible one that it is a corruption of “Bandar-gah” in Persian (Bandar is a common word for Port in Iran), which [...]
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1. Bandra’s Beginnings
In the ‘Conquista Spiritual de Oriente’ (about 1638) it is mentioned that in the pre-Portuguese period (before 1534) the King gave Bandra to the Captain of South Salsette as it was the largest village in the South Salsette District (Salsette is the island bounded by Thane, Kurla, Bandra and Bhyandar).
Bandra became [...]
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