Andheri - Landmarks

Landmarks

• In Andheri East, there are ancient caves, named after the Goddess Maha Kali called Mahakali Caves. They are now in ruins but recently (through the efforts of a lot of well-meaning journalists, citizens and NGOs) they have caught the attention of the government and the BMC, which is working to restore them.
• The Vanchasiddhi temple of Lord Ganesh has the second highest number of devotees everyday after the Siddhivinayak temple in Dadar.
• SEEPZ (Santacruz Electronic and Export Promotion Zone) is a very important SEZ (Special Economic Zone) in Mumbai. SEEPZ is located in MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation). MIDC also hosts various small and medium scale industries.
• Vijaynagar-Chandrashekhar Society is an important cultural spot. It is a society built in the '60s primarily for middle-class families and hosts Paranjape Vidyalaya, branch of Great PTV association.
• Bhawani Nagar, on Marol Maroshi Road, is another residential landmark in Andheri (East). This colony contains 18 clusters of buildings, called plots. The earliest plot in this colony was developed in 1977 by Deepak Builders.
• Andheri's East and West areas house some of the biggest and well known malls and software companies in the whole of Mumbai. The biggest mall of Andheri, Infinity mall, is housed on of India's biggest FM stations (Big FM 92.7 MHz) and India's largest gaming portal Zapak, both of which are Reliance undertakings.
• Gilbert Hill is a 200 foot (61 m) monolith column of black basalt rock in Andheri, in Mumbai, India. The rock has a sheer vertical face and was created when molten lava was squeezed out of the Earth's clefts during the Mesozoic Era about 65 million years ago. According to experts, this rare geological phenomenon was the remnants of a ridge and had clusters of vertical columns in nearby Jogeshwari which were quarried off two decades ago. These vertical columns are similar to the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming, and the Devils Postpile National Monument in eastern California, USA.
• The Andheri Sports Complex (Shahaji Raje Krida Sankul), Veera Desai Road, Andheri West, is a sports facility which has also played host to a number of Bollywood and other entertainment functions.
• The Hansraj Morarji Public School in Andheri West is considered as one of the top schools in Mumbai topping many interschool competitions,academic or sport.