Khar (Marathi pronunciation: ʰaːɾ is an affluent

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, north of

Bandra Bandra ( æːɳɖɾa also known as Vandre ( �aːn̪d̪ɾe is an upscale coastal suburb located in Mumbai (Bombay) area of the Konkan division, Maharashtra, India. The suburb is located to the immediate north of River Mithi, which separates B ...

and south of

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. Originally one of the 'villages' that made up the larger Bandra, the present suburb is divided into Khar West and Khar East areas. It is serviced by

Khar Road Khar Road ( ʰaːɾ station code: KHAR) is a railway station on the Western Line and the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, in the Khar suburb. It is close to the Bandra Terminus for upcountry trains. The name of the stat ...

railway station of the

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network. It is an area within convenient distances of several schools, restaurants, parks, promenades and shopping centres. Khar bears the Mumbai Postal Index Number (Pin Code) 400052. Khar, which is derived from the word ''Khāra'' (meaning 'salty' in the local language Marathi) has acquired this name in reference to the salt pans that were used to farm salt by locals near the

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sea shore a couple of centuries ago. Here, one also finds the historic fishing village of "

", which is one of the villages that made up the original Bandra area and is also one of the oldest settlements of Mumbai.

History

Most of the historic Khar area of Vandre (Bandra) was a marshland of salty sea water. Alongside fishing, salt production was one of the vocations that sustained the earliest dwellers of Khar Danda. Pathare Prabhus were one of the earliest inhabitants of Khar, from almost a century and half ago. In the early 1900s, the Pathare Prabhu community lived in South Mumbai and used their quaint bungalows in Khar as weekend dwellings.

was one of the original villages of the erstwhile larger Bandra. Back then, the local Bandra railway station was felt distant to alight from trains and hire 'tangas' (horse carriages) to get to these bungalows in the Khar part of Bandra. Keeping these factors in mind, as well as the growing number of homes in this part, a second railway station named 'Khar Road' was introduced in north Bandra on 1 July 1924. This development is the primary reason for Khar to start being spoken of as a suburb by itself. The Pathare Prabhu community still has land ownership over a large area of Bandra/Khar.

Schools and colleges

Following are the educational institutions located at Khar: * Podar International School (IB & CAIE) * Khar Municipal School * ST Elias High School * B.P.M. High School * Sacred Heart Boys School * Khar Education Society's College of Commerce & Economics. * M.M. Pupils * Kamla High School and Jr. College * Bloomingdales Pre-primary / Jasudben M. L. School (ICSE) * R.V. Technical high School *

Guru Nanak Mission High School Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan- Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential ...

* Beacon High * Anuyog Vidyalaya * Cardinal Gracious High School

Religious places

* Shankar Mandir * Maruai Devi Mandir * Shree Siddhivinayak Devastan * Digamber Jain Temple * Ahimsa Bhawan Jain Sthanak on 14A Road * Jain Temple at 5th Road * St. Vincent De Paul Church, Khar *

Ghanteshwar Temple Mumbai The Ghanteshwar Temple is a Hindu temple to the god Hanuman in Khar (West), Mumbai, India. History A native man named Shri Sakharam Rahate, who had a strong belief in Lord Hanuman, founded this temple in 1960. Thousands of devotees have flocked t ...

, Khar west * Gayatri Mandir 12th Road Khar west * Ram Mandir 12th Road Khar west * Rama Krishna Mission 12th Road Khar west * Guru Gangeshwar Dham 6th Road Khar west * Khatwari Darbar Linking Road Khar west * Shri Guru Singh Sabha Gurudwara Station Road Khar west * Khar Markaz Masjid Old Khar Khar west * Shri Aniruddha Gurukshetram, Old Khar

Medical facilities

Hinduja Healthcare Surgical P.D. Hinduja Hospital is a multi-specialty, tertiary-care boutique hospital located in Khar, Mumbai, India, owned and operated by London-based Hinduja Group through Hinduja Healthcare Limited, which also operates Hinduja Hospital. Its Chief Exe ...

* Mahavir Hospital on Ahimsa Marg (14A Road) * Ram krishna mission hospital * Beams Hospital 18A Road Khar west

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