Powai
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Powai (Pronunciation: [pəʋəiː]) is a residential suburb located in central Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is situated on the banks of Powai Lake, and is bound by the hills of Vikhroli Parksite to the south-east, Chandivali to the south-west, the L.B.S. Marg (old Mumbai-Agra road) to the north-east and the Sanjay Gandhi National Park to the north beyond the lake.[5] The Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, one of the city's busiest thoroughfares linking the western and eastern suburbs, passes through Powai.[6] The place also hosts thousands of devotees every year during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival for the visarjan processions.[7]
The
Powai houses schools and colleges, some of which are S M Shetty school and college, Gopal Sharma school and Chandrabhan Sharma College. Chandivali has Sinhgad college of management. New school includes Pawar Public school towards Chandivali.[13] Some of the Temples of Powai are Chinmaya Mission's Jagadeshwara Shiva Temple, Sri Ayyappa Vishnu Temple at Hiranandani, Devi Vageshwari Mata Temple at Chandivali. Powai also hosts community birthday havan.Powai is also Mumbai's start-up hub, with young entrepreneurs like the hiranandanis. starting off from incubation cells set up by institutes like IIT Bombay from the tech industry and other sectors setting their bases there,[14] causing the area to be referred to as India's Powai Valley.[15] Some of the start-ups in Powai Valley include
Geography
Powai is a part of the
As a result of prolific construction activity in the last two decades, the area has one of the highest residential population densitiesnote 1 in suburban Mumbai. The development in the region has, however had an adverse impact on the environment, with the area facing the ill-effects of excessive concretization, resulting in a shrinking number of open spaces,[24] green cover and rising pollution levels.[28]
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Hiranandani Gardens skyline (seen from Powai Lake).
Lake
Perhaps the best-known landmark of Powai is the
Meluha The Fern is a 5 star
Powai has become a destination for food lovers with many chain of restaurants opening up in the areaHistory
The name "Powai" originates from Padmavati, a Hindu deity to whom a temple was dedicated in the village existing on the contemporary space of the neighbourhood.
See also
- Hiranandani Gardens
- Mumbai metropolitan area
- Powai Lake
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- ^ Mumbai North Central covers the area under Chandivali Vidhan Sabha constituency
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- ^ a b Kadakia, Pankti Mehta (4 April 2017). "For a decade, Mumbai's eastern suburb Powai boomed with its start-ups. Now will it bust with them?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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