Which one to choose in Mumbai
Mount Mary Basilica, Bandra vs St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai
Two churches in Mumbai. Mount Mary Basilica, Bandra has no online ticket listed; St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai has no online ticket listed. The table and the two notes below put them side by side; the full pages have what to see, the ticket and the timing for each.
Mumbai, India
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, better known as Mount Mary Church, stands on a hillock about eighty metres above the Arabian Sea in Bandra, a seaside suburb of Mumbai, India, and entry is free. It is one of the most popular Catholic shrines in India, visited not only by Christians but also by Hindus, Muslims and people of other faiths, who come to pray to the Virgin Mary and ask for favours. The church is reached by road up Mount Mary Road, or on foot by steps from the seafront, and it is about fifteen minutes by taxi or auto-rickshaw from Bandra railway station.
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Mumbai, India
Saint Thomas Cathedral stands near Horniman Circle in the Fort area of South Mumbai, close to the Flora Fountain and the Bombay Stock Exchange, and entry is free. It is the oldest British building in Mumbai and the first Anglican church in the city. Heritage walks of the Fort area combine the cathedral with the Asiatic Society library, the Flora Fountain, the High Court, the University of Mumbai with the Rajabai Clock Tower and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station, a UNESCO site.
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