Worley is an island in the Indian Ocean , formerly part of the Seven Islands of Bombay archipelago and located in India . It is famous for the Haji Ali Mosque , which is only available at low tide.
| Worley | |
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 Satellite image of the island | |
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| Archipelago | Seven Bombay Islands |
| Water area | Arabian Sea |
| A country |
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History
Worley was originally a separate island, one of the seven islands of Bombay , which were ceded to the Portuguese of England in 1661 [1] .
There was a fishing village on the island. The only remnants of the ancient monuments in the area that are objects of cultural heritage are the darga, the mausoleum of the Sufi saint, the Haji Ali Mosque and Fort Worli. The fort, now in ruins, was built by the British.
Darga was built in 1431 to house the grave of Said Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari, a wealthy merchant from Bukhara who settled in Bombay and died there. The building is located on a small island, which at low tide connects to Worley with a natural passage 500 meters long. The monument is one of the iconic places of Mumbai and attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims a day, not only Muslims, but also representatives of other religions, including Indians.
In 1784, Worley was connected by a dam with the main island of Bombay [2] . The dam was designed by Hornby Vellard and became the first to unite the seven islands of Bombay. This work was carried out throughout the 19th century until the complete unification of all seven islands.
Notes
- ↑ D'Cunha, Jose Gerson. IV The Portuguese Period // The Origins of Bombay . - 3. - Bombay: Asian Educational Services, 1900. - P. 265. - ISBN 81-206-0815-1 .
- ↑ Worli and Prabhadevi . Date of treatment January 22, 2015.