Bhulabhai Desai Road
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Bhulabhai Desai Road, better known as Breach Candy or Warden Road is a niche up-market residential and semi-commercial locality of South Mumbai. Home to the affluent class of Mumbai, it also houses the famed United States Consulate as its neighbour.
Not to mention, people are deeply grateful to the 18th century Mahalaxmi Temple, the Hindu Goddess of wealth and wisdom, which is closely situated on the edge of sea. It is one of the most famous temples of Mumbai which attracts millions of devotees and tourists each year and gets really crowded during the sacred nine-nights of the Navratri festival.
The area falls under the 'D-Ward' of the Bombay Municipal Corporation and shares the postal code 400 026 under the Cumballa Hill post office. It lies 21 km south of Sahar Intl' Airport and just 2 km from the Mumbai Central station. It is also well connected by local buses run by BEST.
The area has many famous landmarks throughout its long and winding stretch. From the nationally renowned Breach Candy Hospital to the Amarsons and Tata gardens. There's also an elite Breach Candy club and an American school next door. Just off Bhulabhai Desai Road there's a girls-only Sophia College and the much sought-after Green Lawns school.
Geographically, this road curls around the Arabian sea which adds to the natural charm of the place and for many reasons, real estate prices here are one of the most expensive in the country due to its prime location.
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[edit] History
Breach Candy was all jungle with very few bungalows and mansions built at long distances from each other. Most of the residents were Parsi aristocrats and British. Some of these old bungalows and mansions still stand. The Breach Candy House, the Breach Candy Swimming Club and the Breach Candy Hospital were present since British times.
At the northern foot of the Cumballa Hill, in the part now called Breach Candy, was a temple to three goddesses—Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati. A creek to the north separated the island of Bombay from the Koli island of Worli. This creek was filled after the completion of the Hornby Vellard in 1784. Soon after, the modern temple of Mahalakshmi was built here.
What is now the Amarson garden and Tata garden were landfills with abandoned construction trucks, cranes and bulldozers probably used in land reclamation projects. A few of these trucks were parked in a truck-sized garage behind Scandal Point. Similarly, trucks, cranes and bulldozers were also seen abandoned on the land which is now knows as Priyadarshini Park.
[edit] Places to Eat
- Right Place
- Snowman's IceCream Parlour
- Rajesh's Frankie
- The Sun Restaurant
- Muchhad Paanwala
[edit] Places to Shop
- Premson's Bazaar
- Benzer Departmental Store
- Roopsons
- Amarsons
- Heera Panna Shopping Centre
- Clothes Rack
- Silver Art Boutique
- Papertree Stationery
[edit] Famous Residents
- Jagjit Singh - Classical Singer
- Aarti Chabria - Upcoming Actress
- Salman Rushdie - Author, born and raised here.
- Dinesh Hingoo - Bollywood Comedian
- Tanya Singh - Bollywood Actress and Pop Singer, raised here
- Azim Premji - Chaiman and CEO of Wipro Technologies
- N.N. Sippy - Bollywood Producer
