page_title: Byculla
section_title: Places of worship
hierarchical_section_title: Byculla / Places of worship
caption_attribution_description: Title: Byculla Church, Bombay, From Western Entrance Alternative Title: [Christ Church, Mumbai, From Western Entrance] Creator: Hinton, Henry [attributed] Date: ca. 1855-1862 Series: Photographs of Western India. Volume II. Scenery, Public Buildings, &amp;c. Part of: Photographs of Western India Place: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Physical Description: 1 photographic print: part of 1 volume (100 albumen prints); 20 x 26 cm on 35 x 42 cm mount File: vault_ag2002_1407x_2_090_byculla_opt.jpg Rights: Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu. For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/eaa/id/1078 View Europe, India, and Asia: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/eaa/
context_page_description: Byculla is a neighbourhood in South Mumbai.
context_section_description: Christ Church, Byculla, built in 1833, was one of the last 19th-century churches to be built in the Neoclassical style, as thereafter Gothic Revival became the preferred style
  Hindu Temple: Byculla has an old Shree Mankeshwar Shivmandir in east and Shree Vitthal Mandir in west.
  Jain Temple: Byculla is also known for the Jain Temple, Motisha Jain Derasar. This Jain temple is situated in Love Lane, which has now been renamed as Motisha Lane.
  St. Anne's Church: Byculla is also home to St. Anne's Church in Mazagon. The present structure of St Anne's Church was erected in 1881 on top of the foundation of the small chapel that was originally built in 1787. The original chapel was erected by an Armenian woman called Rose Nesbit. The land on which the chapel (and now St Anne's Church) was built was her farmland, on the Island of Mazagon where she lived with her parents.
  Gloria Church: Byculla also houses Gloria Church, the church frequented by most local Christians. The Church shares a common playing ground with Antonio D'Souza High School which was built in 1825.
  Magen David Synagogue is believed to be one of the oldest ones in the city. David Sassoon, a Baghdadi Jew, built the Magen David Synagogue in 1861 in Byculla, where the family first lived.
  Like most other localities of Mumbai, Byculla also is home to a number of small Hindu temples and Muslim Mosques located in its small pockets.
caption: Christ Church, Byculla in the late-1850s.
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