Goregaon
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Goregaon, pronounced as Goregam or Goregav (Marathi:गोरेगाव) is the name of a Mumbai's prime suburban locality. It is a major railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line. .
Bracketed on either side of the railway line by the Western Express Highway and the Linking Road, it is primarily a middle-class residential neighbourhood. The famous cinema making spots such as Filmistan and Film City are located here.
Up to the late 1970s, the suburb was sparsely populated with the main residential localities springing up in Nagars (like Unnat Nagar, Motilal Nagar, Bangur Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Siddharth Nagar) on the West and Wadis (like Pandurang wadi) on the East.
The Eastern boundary of the suburb was effectively the Western Express Highway after which the picturesque Aarey Milk Colony offered its forested charm to the region.
However, the housing boom of the 80s saw the locality spread its territory as well as increase its population density. On the East, newer areas such as Dindoshi, Saibaba Nagar, Film City Road, etc. and on the West, Vasant Galaxy, Lokhandwala Complex (now considered a separate suburb) and Link Road were the development hubs. Despite the increase in population, rail and road infrastructure was the same and hence became stretched.
Despite this, the suburb still maintains its charm in the older pockets with shady trees lining the roads which are relatively well maintained.
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[edit] Early History
What is now known as Goregaon Suburb is a conglomeration of Four Villages Pahadi, Goregaon, Aarey and Eksar. Goregaon got the Railway Station as early as 1862. The Suburub was one of the Four Railway Stations between Borivali and Grant Road. However, it was known as Pahadi. Name of the Railway Station was changed subsequently as people were getting confused in Pahadi and Paradi, a Railway Station in South Gujarat on BB&CI (now Western Railway). In fact even today on offical records one can see the name of tehasil as Pahadi Goregaon.
Named after the politically active Gore (spelled Go-ray) family, who lived on the Western side of the suburb, the name literally means "Gore's village" in Marathi.
The prime land under Mango and Guava Plantation owned by Topiwala Desai family was taken over by maharashtra government and handed over to Housing Board Mumbai sometime in 1950's.
[edit] Educational institutions
- Shishu Sadan Prathmik & Madhyamik Shala , Goregaon(West)
- A. B. Goregaonkar English School, Aarey Road Goregav (W)
- Vivek Vidyalaya, Goregaon (West)
- Sanmitra Mandal Vidya Mandir, Goregaon (E)
- Bairamjee JiJibhoy Prathmik Shala (Affiliated to above school), Goregaon (E)
- Nandadeep Vidyalaya, Goregaon(East)
- Gokuldham High School, Gokuldham Colony, Goregaon (East)
- Patkar College of Science, Commerce & Arts
- Vivek Education Society's Vivek College of Commerce.
- St. Thomas Academy
- St. Thomas High School & Junior College
- Master Tara Singh High School
- Bangur Nagar Vidya Bhavan High School & Junior College
- I.B Patel Gujrati Medium School & GES English Medium School
- St. John's High School
- VIBGYOR High School
- Mount Mary High school
- J.M. Patel College of Commerce
- Maharashtra Vidyalaya, Teen Dongari Hill Goregav West
- Yashodham High School
- Whistling Woods International (Film Institute)
- Pragnya Bodhini High School
- ICFAI Business School, Nirlon Complex
- Jawahar Vidyalaya, Goregaon (West)
- St. Xaviers' High School
- pahadi school-municiple school, j p nagar goregaon east
- Gurukul Vidyalaya, santosh nagar, goregaon(east)
[edit] Main Temples, and other places of worship)
- Ayyappa Temple - Bangur Nagar Goregaon (W)
- Ram Mandir - Bangur Nagar Goregoan (W)
- Kali Mandir - Bangur Nagar Goregaon (W)
- Gurudwara - Bangur Nagar Goregoan (W)
- Balaji Temple - Bangur Nagar Goregaon (W)
- Rosary Church - M. G. road Goregaon (W)
- Durga Temple in J.P. Nagar, Goregaon(E)
- Hanuman Temple in J.P. Nagar, Goregaon(E)
- Gajaanan Temple in Gogate Wadi/Pandurang wadi, Goregaon(E)
- Bhavaani Temple near Sanskaardham school, Goregaon(W)
- AmbeMaa Temple on Aarey Rd, Goregaon(W)
- Ambe Temple opposite Main Bus Stand, Goregaon(W)
- Raam Mandir near PahaDi Municipal High School, Goregaon(E)
- St. Thomas Church in Pandurang Wadi, Goregaon(E)
- Ram Mandir Devastan on Ram Mandir Road Goregaon(West)
- Hanuman Temple opp. Main Bus Stand, Goregaon(W)
- Masur Aashram - 4th lane (opposite playground), Pandurang Wadi, Goregaon(E)
- Siddhi Vinayak temple - Oshiwara , Goregaon (W)
- Gajanan Bhagwanji Temple - M G ROAD, Goregaon (w)
- Gajanan Bhagwanji Temple - Siddharth Nagar , Goregaon (w)
- Gokuldham Temple, Gokuldham, Goregaon (E)
- Chintamani Parswanath Jain Temple - Aarey Road , Goregaon (W)
- Dharamnath Jawahar Nagar Jain Temple- Jawahar Nagar , Goregaon (w)
[edit] News Paper
There may be other local newspapers coming from Goregaon.
[edit] Movie Theatres
- Topiwala
- Cinemax (2-screen theatre)
- The HUB
- Anupam
- Movie Star
- Fame Malad, Inorbit
[edit] Shopping Malls
- InOrbit Mall ( Shopper's Stop and LifeStyle)
- HyperCity
- CitiCentre
- Shagun Mall
- Oberoi Mall (upcoming)
- The HUB
[edit] Sports Club
- Goregaon Sports Club, Goregaon (w)
- Kamat Sports Club, Goregaon (W)
- Prabhodhan Sports Club, Goregaon (W).
- Royal Palm, Goregaon (e)
- Shastri Nagar Sports Club, Shastri Nagar, Goregaon (W)
[edit] Emergency Services
- 24 Hr Chemist Mahalaxmi Medical (L.T. Nagar, Near Sidhdhartha Hosp. 28723011)
| Goregaon | |||
| Next station south: Jogeshwari |
Mumbai suburban railway : Western Railway | Next station north: Malad |
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| Stop Number:18 | KM from starting:26.9 | ||
| These are the stations on Western line of Mumbai suburban railway |
| Churchgate | Marine Lines | Charni Road | Grant Road | Mumbai Central | Mahalaxmi | Lower Parel | Elphinstone Road | Dadar | Matunga Road | Mahim Junction | Bandra | Khar Road | Santacruz | Vile Parle | Andheri | Jogeshwari | Goregaon | Malad | Kandivali | Borivali | Dahisar | Mira Road | Bhayandar | Naigaon | Vasai Road | Nala Sopara | Virar |
