The Cross Is An Integral Part Of Bandra Bazar Road, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.
There are a large number of crosses on the roads , most of the crosses have novena services on Wednesday , the East Indians original inhabitants of Bandra were very possessive and sensitive about their family crosses, took good care of them.. and was a family heirloom of their ancestors who built them in memoriam. or in thankfulness ..for coming unscathed from pestilence disease or bad times .
The Municipal authorities have time and again tried to remove these crosses as illegal structures , but these crosses are part of Bandra heritage and the Christians have fiercely fought against this targeting of their community ..by vested interests..
The Patla Cross at Bandra Reclamation is a very famous landmark among these Crosses ..I have shot most of these crosses during a protest march by the Christians against the demolition of their Crosess and unfortunately there are more illegal shanties than crosses in Bandra now all part of vote bank politics ,,,without votes counting of heads democracy would fall flat on its face...
