Overview
Parel - a former mill which has now been converted to a shopping mall called High Street Phoenix Parel also has some famous hospitals like KEM hospital (Municipal corporation hospital), Tata (specializes in treatment of cancer), Wadia Hospitals { one for Children and one for Women }and MGM (ESI hospital). It even has the Mumbai Veterinary College and the Bai Sakarbai Dinsha Petit Animal Hospital
Parel village also has an important monolithic staue called Baradev.This statue is A Grade I Heritage Monument protected by The Archaeological Survey of India. There is a Chandika, Vyagreshwari and Shiv Temple nearby.
Parel was also home to several cultural activities which died down/reduced on account of the shifting of families out of the areas as family sizes started increasing. Moreover, the area has been crowned with 5 Star hotel of ITC Welcomgroup (ITC Hotel The Grand Central, Mumbai - The Luxury Collection)
The area is also a pass through point for the monorail project on the eastern side along G D Ambekar Marg.
Unfortunately an area on DR S S Rao Road is now plagued by industrial scale illegal garage activities.
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