Khetwadi
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| Coordinates: 19°11′59″N 72°50′33″E / 19.1998°N 72.8426°ECoordinates: 19°11′59″N 72°50′33″E / 19.1998°N 72.8426°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai City |
| City | Mumbai |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 400004 |
Khetwadi is an area of a sparse population developed in the mid-19th century with the Girgaon road and Parel road (then called the Breach Candy Road). The notable places in Khetwadi are Mani Bhavan, Maratha Mandir Theatre, and the nearest railway stations are grant road and Mumbai central.
Location[edit]
Khetwadi is located in the heart of Mumbai city which is located in the state of Maharashtra, India. The neighboring areas of Khetwadi are Grant Road, Nana Chowk, Tardeo, Bhendi Bazar, Sikka Nagar, Charni Road East, Khandiwadi, Prathna Samaj, etc.
Demography[edit]
The local language in Khetwadi is Marathi. People also speak other languages like Gujarati, Marwari, and Hindi which are most commonly used in day-to-day business.
Transportation[edit]
Trains: One can reach Khetwadi by using the Mumbai suburban local train network and getting down at Grant Road Station or Mumbai Central Station. It takes around 14 minutes to reach Khetwadi from Grant road railway station.
Bus: Best buses are available from Sion, Colaba, Worli, Dadar, Borivali, Andheri, and Kurla.
Air: The nearest airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
Business & Culture[edit]
Girgaon is the neighboring locality of Khetwadi which is the hub for diamond traders and wholesalers of almost all of the traditional businesses. Khetwadi is very popular for its grand ganeshotsav well-known as Khetwadi cha raja. The Ganesh Mandal was established in the year 1959. The Mandal is famous for Mumbai's highest maker of Ganesh idol, also known for "Khetwadicha Ganraj".
The year 2020 marked the 62nd year of Khetwadi cha Ganraj. In the interest of COVID-19, secretary, Shankar Harale, Khetwadi 12th lane, Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav decided to have a smaller idol/murti of three feet-high [1]. He telecasted a 24-hour relay of the Ganeshotsav via a cable channel, for devotees to enjoy the darshan from the comfort and safety of their homes. The darshan time was also limited up to 11 pm to prevent the gathering of people around the Mandal at night.
On the contrary, the Ganraj stood 17.5-foot-tall in Khetwadi, in the year 2019. The pandal decoration was inspired by the famous Bollywood movies Bajirao Mastani and Manikarnika[2] – the queen of Jhansi. The interesting fact about the decoration was a lot of fiber material was used over plaster of paris, keeping the environmental concerns in mind.
When India was shut to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the cloth market in Khetwadi also had their shutters down. The 150-year-old MJ textile market, Mangaldas Market, Bhuleshwar market also displayed a complete shut-down.[3]
Textile and Piping industries[edit]
Khetwadi is a manufacturing hub for number of textile & industrial products [4]products like pipes, flanges, stainless steel products, duplex steel products, and other pipe-related products. Many giants of this industries can be found in this vicinity, such as Simplex textiles, Preston Pipes and Alloys, Kalikund Steel and Engg Co., Jayant Steels, Ranveer Metal Industries etc.
Theatres[edit]
Mumbai and theatres is a well-known affair. You’ll find the origins of Mumbai’s theatre in south-central Bombay covering the area from Khetwadi to Kamathipura.[5] The first thing to emerge here was ‘theatre’. In the older times, there were 35 makeshift theatres featuring plays performed in English for the British soldiers.
One of the interesting things about theatres in Mumbai during the British times goes like this: a theatre had to fulfill three conditions – proximity to a dingy bar, proximity to a tram stop or a railway station, and proximity to a red-light area.
Mumbai has a rich heritage of plays being performed in various languages like Hindi, Gujarati, English, and Marathi as well as Kannada, Telugu, and Konkani.
References[edit]
- ↑ "How Ganpati mandals are adapting in the times of COVID-19 | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Mumbai: Khetwadi residents welcome 32-ft life-size Ganesha idol". DNA India. August 31, 2019.
- ↑ "Major markets in Mumbai go for complete shutdown". Mumbai Mirror.
- ↑ "Bombay's freedom trail: Workers, strikes and a mutiny". Hindustan Times. July 12, 2017.
- ↑ Ramanathan, Ramu (August 14, 2015). "Theatre is Mumbai, Mumbai is theatre". mint.
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