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16 hours ago · A Jesuit annual letter dated to 1669 and published in the book St Andrew's Church, Bandra (1616–1966) supports this claim. Koli fisherfolk call the statue as Mot Maoli, literally meaning the "Pearl Mother" or "the Mother of the Mount"; mot could be a corruption of the Indo-Portuguese word monte for "mount"; maoli is a Marathi-Konkani word for "mother".
In 1618, a hurricane destroyed many of the buildings and the Church of St. Andrew lost its roof but, Braz Fernandes records that till the “first quarter of the 17 th Century, St. Andrew’s was the only church in Bandra”, the college and the chapel of St. Anne’s being built in 1620.
Jun 5, 2015 · Though St. Anne’s was destroyed in the eighteenth century, leaving St. Andrew as the only church and parish in Bandra, the two are still entwined by threads of history.
Oct 30, 2014 · For more than a century, Santa Ana and St. Andrew’s were the only parish churches in Bandra. On March 25, 1739, the Marathas invaded Bandra and destroyed many places of worship there.
Aug 13, 2022 · St. Andrew’s All Bandra Zonals makes a long-awaited return this weekend. The annual event, which has been paused due to COVID restrictions, returns for its 65th presentation this year tomorrow (Sunday).
Nov 21, 2015 · The honour of being the oldest church of Bandra goes to St. Anne’s, which was later converted into the Bandra slaughterhouse and is now the BEST depot near the Bandra station, but it was blown up by the English in March 1739, leaving the Church of St. Andrew’s as the only existing church in Bandra.
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Nov 22, 2015 · The oldest parish in the suburb dating back to 1616, St Andrew's is approximately 50 years older than the Taj Mahal which was completed in 1653.
