Borivali (Marathi बोरीवली) is a suburban area located in the north-west section of Mumbai island. It may also spelled as Borivli. Borivali is approximately 18 km from Mumbai Airport and approximately 33.4 km from Churchgate Railway Station by train. The estimated population of Borivali in 1991 was over 6 lakhs (609617). From this population most of the people live here are Gujaraties. There is also sex going on. Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... , Bombay redirects here. ... Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB), formerly Sahar International Airport, is an airport in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. ... Churchgate is an area in downtown South Mumbai getting its name from the famous Churchgate Railway Station. ... A lakh (Hindi/Nepali : लाख, Urdu: Ù„Ú©Ú¾, Bengali: , Telugu : లక్ష, Tamil : இலட்சம்) is a unit in the Indian numbering system, widely used both in official and other contexts in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Pakistan. ...

Railway station

The Borivali Railway Station is a terminus for all slow and fast trains on the Mumbai Suburban Railway system. It also serves as the final city-limit stop for all mail / express trains on WR (now including the August Kranti Rajdhani Express to New Delhi) before leaving Mumbai. As of 2006, there are plans to extend the Harbour Line to Borivali, and expansion plans are in full steam at the railway station. Suburban rail network. ... , Bombay redirects here. ...

As of September 2007, there are 8 platforms at Borivali railway station. Platform No: 1,2,3,7,8 (from Borivali(w) side) run trains between Borivali and Churchgate while 4,5,6 are exclusively used for Virar bound trains and mail/express trains. The 1st platform also caters to Virar bound slow train and sometimes express trains. The 7th and 8th platforms are terminal platforms. Churchgate is an area in downtown South Mumbai getting its name from the famous Churchgate Railway Station. ... Virar is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line. ...

History

Borivali in the earlier days use to be a taluka (district) and had villages in it like Eksar Village, Khandivali village, Shimpoli Village and so on. It is not the same any more but will find relevance in old official documents. A taluka is an administrative division in India below a district; called tahsil/tehsil in northern India. ...

Landmarks

Mumbai is one of the few metropolitan cities in the world which boasts of a natural animal and plant wildlife reserve within the city limits. The park is called Sanjay Gandhi National Park, and it lies east section of Borivali near the Western Express Highway (NH-8). It has a few lions and panthers and also includes a 4th century B.C. archaeological site called Kanheri Caves and Mandpeshwar Caves. The 2005 census of Leopards was 68. , Bombay redirects here. ... The path to Kanheri Rivers in the park The Borivali National Park, officially known as the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, is a rare National Park that lies within city limits. ... For other uses, see Lion (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Leopard (disambiguation). ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The Kanheri Caves are a protected archaeological site in Mumbai, India. ... This page is about the animal. ...

Education

Some of the educational institutions and schools in Borivali are:

• Saint Francis D'Assisi High School
• St. Francis Institute of Technology, an engineering college [1].
• Mary Immaculate Girls primary and secondary high school
• Ajmera Global School
• Don Bosco High School
• Gokhale Education Society
• Gopalji Hemraj High School (GH)
• Himalaya High School near poisar and Jr. College
• J B Khot High School
• Our Lady Of Remedy High School
• St. Anne's
• St. Rocks College of Commerce and Science - Eksar

St Francis DAssisi High School is a school in Borivali, Mumbai. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Ajmera Global School was established in 1983 by the S.S. Ajmera Trust as S.S. Ajmera High School, to cater to the educational needs of the students in the Yogi Nagar complex, Borivali, Mumbai, India. ... Don Bosco High School is a Catholic school for boys in Bombay, India. ... A Primary/Secondary school in Borivali. ...

Shopping Centres

Borivali also provides good markets for shopping. Major Shopping areas are Borivali Station(W) where complexes such as Indraprastha, Thakkar Mall, Goyal Arcade provide varied choices to shop.

• Indraprastha Shopping Centre
• Thakkur Mall
• Sai Shopping Mall

I.C. Church

Borivali has an old Church, this is one of the oldest churches in Mumbai Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Mt. Poinsur, also called IC church. Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Mount Poinsur, has been a Catholic Parish from 1547 to 1739 and again from 1912 onwards. ...

The original IC church was built in 1547 AD by the Franciscans. It had a monastery on top of the church. It was burnt down by the Marathas sometime in the 1700s. Franciscans is the common name used to designate a variety of mendicant religious orders of men or women tracing their origin to Francis of Assisi and following the Rule of St. ...

A small portion of the burnt part of the church is still visible next to the present day church.

The New church was built by 5 patrons from Bandra. , Mumbai as seen from Bandra Reclamation A stall on Linking Road Bandra (Marathi : वांद्रे) is a suburb of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), popularly nick-named Queen Of The Suburbs. It is home to a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Western line. ...

St Francis D'Assisi High School (The first school in Borivali)

Saint Francis D'Assisi High School and Jr. College was established in a lowly, thatched cottage on the slopes of Mount Poinsur Hill in the year 1908, as an orphanage, mainly to cater to the poor and the downtrodden who lived in and around this region, with just 8 students on the roll. St Francis DAssisi High School is a school in Borivali, Mumbai. ...

The school was actually started by a brother under a tree.

St Francis D'Assisi High School is a school in Borivali, Mumbai. It is managed by the Franciscan Missionary Brothers, a Catholic Religious Society founded by Rev. Bro. Paulus Moritz, a German Missionary. The school is recognized by the State Government of Maharashtra. It was established in the year 1908 and has recently celebrated its centennial year (100 years).

The school maintains a high standard of education and also provides several opportunities to students for engaging in extracurricular activities. The former is evidenced by the high results that the school obtains in the SSC exams every year. With regard to the latter, the school's sports teams, particularly their football team, consistently perform well and regularly win trophies in the inter-school sports competitions conducted in Mumbai. Factors such as these contribute towards making this school one of the best in the suburb of Borivali.

History

The Society of Franciscan Brothers was founded in 1901 in Mandapeshwar (then called Eksar village) in the northwest corner of Mumbai. The Society was established to look after and educate the orphans in Mumbai and the surrounding areas. A formal orphanage and school were established in 1904. The Society now has several dozen centers in India, running orphanages, educational institutes, medical centers, youth centers, agricultural training farms, etc. All these activities are primarily targeted at orphans, the poor, and the lower middle class.

The Congregation of the Missionary Brothers of St. Francis D' Assisi (C.M.S.F) is an international Charitable Society of Religious Brothers, founded in 1901 in India by Paulus Moritz. It is a Religious Missionary Institute of Pontifical Right, under the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The Congregation follows the Rule of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisi. The Franciscan Missionary Brothers are well known in India for their valuable contributions in different fields.

Colonies in Borivali

The Church is surrounded by many colonies such as I.C Colony, LIC Colony, Madonna Colony, Marian Colony and Kanderpada. Just next to this church is Saint Francis D'Assisi High School. This is also one of the oldest schools in Mumbai. This area has the highest concentration of Christians in Mumbai. I.C Colony, an area to the South of the Immaculate Conception Church is populated by a very large congregation of Catholics in Mumbai. The Holy Cross Colony and extension (also called I.C. extension) which extends beyond I.C Colony towards Dahisar (Mumbai's last zone before Thane District) is also part of the extended Catholic locale. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... St Francis DAssisi High School is a school in Borivali, Mumbai. ... Dahisar is a suburb of Mumbai. ... Thane is a district in northern Maharashtra in India. ...

Opposite Shimpoli Telephone Exchange near Chikuwadi, is located Kanti Park, which is the SBI's Associate Banks' Officers' Colony.

Extravaganza, Essel World & the largest water park in Asia, Water Kingdom are located at Gorai Creek, just west of Borivali. Gorai is a small township in Bombay, India. ...

There is a ST stand in Borivali(E) near the station. Travelling to Thane City is easier and less time consuming by this mode, than by trains which involves changing from Western to central at Dadar. It takes only 40 min. to reach Thane railway station Dadar station (E) with a view of the Shri Swaminarayan BAPS mandir. ...

Kandivali or Kandivli (Marathi कांदिवली) is the name of a suburb of Mumbai, India. ... Suburban rail network. ... The Western Railway is one of the 16 zones of Indian Railways, and is among the busiest railroad networks in India. ... Dahisar is a suburb of Mumbai. ...