My Heritage Chronicles

Standing on the fringes of Aarey forest, lies Marol village, a mid point between the western and central suburbs of Mumbai. Today it may have lost its sheen but it has been in existence from more than 1500 years and was once an important trading center along with Kondivita (Mahakali caves area) and Prajapur area inside Aarey. This surely would raise many eyebrows !!  Archaeologist have confirmed that Marol indeed was an important trading center along with Kondivita (Mahakali caves area) and Prajapur (now a slum in Aarey). Trade would happen with various ports of that era namely Mahim, Sopara etc and one theory goes that there would gave existed land routes from pre historic ports to these towns located on mainland. Another theory is that trading may have also happened via Mithi river which is today not more than a sewage, but was once an important river which flowed close to Marol and discharged into Mahim creek. These rivers were trading channels with boats moving from the ports inwar

"Berewlee" known during British Era is one of  the suburban station that we know today as Borivali, One of the most affluent suburb in Mumbai. The name comes from bushes of "bor" (sweet berries) which were found in abundance here hence it was called the "Land of sweet berries (ber)". Once situated between two rivers - Poisur river on the south and Dahisar river on the north. The suburb of Borivali was a congregation of small villages or gaonthan's with huge wadi's having lots of Mango and Chickoo trees. The 8th century Mandapeshwar rock cut caves as well as the 1st century to 10th century built group of caves known as Kanheri in the deep forest of Sanjay Gandhi National park stands testament and speaks highly of the rich history of the place.   Eksar, Poisur, Vazira, Babhai, Shimpoli, Mandapeshwar, Kanheri, Tulsi, Magathane, Gorai, Culvem were few villages or hamlets which today collectively have become suburb of Borivali. Apart from these bigger v