Kalbadevi is the densest commercial district in Mumbai: Mangaldas and Mulji Jetha for cloth, Zaveri Bazaar for gold, Lohar Chawl for electricals, Abdul Rehman Street for paper, and the hundreds of lanes between them where the Gujarati, Marwari and Jain trading houses have worked since the eighteenth century. The Mumbadevi temple that gives the city its name is here.
It is also one of the places the old city still eats properly: Shree Thaker Bhojanalay, Friends Union Joshi Club, Bhagat Tarachand, and the mithai shops on the way to Bhuleshwar.
What is here
The landmarks and institutions the locality is known for| Name | Where | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Mangaldas Market | Kalbadevi | The wholesale cloth market; see its page. |
| Mulji Jetha Market 1870s | Kalbadevi | The larger cloth market; see its page. |
| Zaveri Bazaar 1860s | Kalbadevi | The gold market; see its page. |
| Lohar Chawl | Kalbadevi | The electrical market; see its page. |
| Mumbadevi Temple 1675 | Bhuleshwar | The temple of the city’s namesake goddess. |
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12 places in Kalbadevi already written up here — shops, eating houses, markets and institutionsRelated pages
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