Shri Mumba Devi Temple Mumbai

This guide to the Shri Mumba Devi Temple in Mumbai starts long before the city had a name, when the Koli fishing people of these marshy islands worshipped a goddess they called Mumba Aai, said to have taken the form of a fisherwoman among them. It follows her original shrine at Bori Bunder through the colonial city's growth, its demolition in the 1700s, and the Koli community's decision to rebuild at Bhuleshwar rather than let the goddess go. Step inside and the black stone image, dressed in silver and gold, is where priests have kept vigil through every upheaval the city has seen.