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| Country | India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Tilak Nagar (Marathi: टिळकनगर) is a residential colony in suburban Mumbai. There is also a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai suburban railway by this name.
It was planned and built in the 1960s as a lower-middle-class colony, chiefly composed of chawls. The colony is now getting a facelift as the chawls are being pulled down to be replaced with residential high-rises and towers. There is also increased commercial development in the colony over the last decade. Tilak Nagar has lavish gardens and playgrounds. It is famous for its Ganpati festivals.
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Earlier a calm and quiet locality with ample open spaces, haphazard construction of new buildings in every open space has resulted in a congested locality with few open spaces. The colony is bounded by Shell Colony to the south, Vidyavihar to the north, Pestom Sagar to its east and New Tilak Nagar and Kurla to its west. It was formerly known as "Township colony". New Tilak Nagar is also a colony situated neighbouring to Tilak Nagar. Postal codes for Tilak Nagar are 400089.
For entertainment one can go to a theater called Sahakar Plaza.In past few years the infrastructure has improved in Tilak Nagar with a flyover and landscaping of parks and playgrounds.
Anil Kapoor, Anant Jog, Chhota Rajan, Rajan Nair, Lalchand Rajput
A Lot of Religious programmes are held here regularly witnessing a lot of Audiences from nearby areas of Chembur and Mumbai.Tilak Nagar is famous for it Ganpati decorations of its pandals.[1]
Famous Ganesh Utsav Mandals in TilakNagar
Tilak Nagar has 3 major playgrounds namely Sahyadri ground, Municipal ground (Lal maidan), and Om Shiv Sai ground (OSS) in New Tilak Nagar. There is also a theater called Sahakar Plaza in the neighborhood.
Autorickshaws, BEST buses and trains are the public modes of transport available in Tilak Nagar. The colony is serviced by the Harbour line of the Central Railway via the Tilak Nagar railway station. The stations of Vidyavihar and Chembur are also in close proximity. The access to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Kurla Terminus) is also via Tilak Nagar station.