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Girgaon
Neighbourhood
Girgaon back road, c. 1905
Girgaon
Coordinates: 18°57′11″N 72°48′47″E / 18.953°N 72.813°E / 18.953; 72.813
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai City
City	Mumbai
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Demonym	Girgaonkar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	400004

Girgaon, or Girgaum, is an area in southern Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. It is near the coast. A section of Marine Drive is located here.

Girgaon gets its name from being located at the foot of Malabar Hill in South Mumbai.The Sanskrit term “Giri” stands for hills, whereas the sanskrit word “gram” denotes a village. Thus, it originally meant a village at the foothill of mountains.

Notable Buildings

• Keshavji Naik Chawl, Deshmukh lane, Khadilkar road
• Saifee Hospital
• Sir Harkisan Das Reliance Foundation Hospital
• Mafatlal Club
• Royal Opera House
• Marathi Sahitya Sangha
• Roxy Cinema

Entertainment and Attractions

• Girgaon Chowpatty
• Taraporewala Aquarium
• Marine Drive
• Buleshwar Market
• Girgaon Chowpatty View point

Transport

Girgaon is well connected by the :

• Charni Road Railway station on the Western line
• upcoming Girgaon Metro station on the Aqua Line( Line 3).

Temples

• Shree Swami Samartha Mutt, Kandewadi (Khadilkar marg)
• Datta Temple Wadi, Jaykar Marg
• Shree Laxmi Narayan And Shree Siddhivinayak Deool, JSS marg
• Phadke Wadi Ganpati Temple

See also

• Girgaum Chowpatti
• Tanks of Bombay

References

1. Karmakar, Kalyan (2016). The Travelling Belly : Eating Through India's By-Lanes. Gurgaon. ISBN 978-93-5009-911-7. OCLC 968895956.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. Census of India, 1981: Maharashtra. Series 12. Manager of Publications. 1986. p. 36.

External links

• Girgaon Archived 14 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine

• Neighbourhoods in Mumbai