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5 Religious Landmarks in Mumbai

5 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Global Vipassana Pagoda
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Global Vipassana Pagoda

Gorai Road, Borivali West, Mumbai, 400092, India

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The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a massive golden-domed meditation hall on a peninsula north of Mumbai, inaugurated in 2009 as the world's largest stone-dome structure without supporting pillars — a 96-metre diameter hall that can seat 8,000 people in silent Vipassana meditation.

ISKCON Juhu Temple
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ISKCON Juhu Temple

Juhu, Mumbai, 400049, India

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The ISKCON Juhu Temple (formally Sri Sri Radha Rasabihari Temple) is the largest Hare Krishna temple in Asia — a marble and gold complex inaugurated in 1978 under the guidance of ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada, with a towering shikhara (spire) visible across Juhu and an interior decorated with mirror-work, murals from the life of Krishna, and the three altar deities (Radha-Rasabihari, Sita-Rama-Laxman-Hanuman, and Gaura-Nitai) who are the focus of daily worship.

Mahalaxmi Temple
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Mahalaxmi Temple

Mahalaxmi Temple Lane, Cumballa Hill, Mumbai, 400026, India

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The Mahalaxmi Temple is one of Mumbai's oldest Hindu temples — built in 1831 on a headland overlooking the Arabian Sea, it is dedicated to the three goddesses Mahalaxmi (wealth), Mahakali (power), and Mahasaraswati (knowledge), whose idols were allegedly recovered from the sea by a devotee following a dream.

Mount Mary Basilica
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Mount Mary Basilica

Mount Mary Road, Bandra West, Mumbai, 400050, India

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Mount Mary Basilica is a Roman Catholic church on a hill in Bandra that is one of Mumbai's most visited religious sites, drawing Hindus, Muslims, and Christians who come to pray to the statue of Our Lady of the Mount — a 16th-century Portuguese-era Madonna believed to answer prayers.

Siddhivinayak Temple
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Siddhivinayak Temple

Mumbai, India

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Siddhivinayak is Mumbai's most famous Hindu temple — a Ganesh shrine in Prabhadevi founded in 1801 whose tiny black-stone deity (depicted with his trunk tilted to the right, a rare configuration believed to be particularly powerful) draws up to 200,000 devotees daily, making it one of the wealthiest temples in India.

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