Koli Christians
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Koli Christians are Koli people who profess Christianity in India, they are part of the Koli caste of Bombay East Indians, who are the indigenous ethnic people of the Seven Islands of Bombay, the Bomb
Chapel of Jesus, Worli Koliwada, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Christian Kolis
Cross and Mother Mary (in Koli saree), in Worli Koliwada, Christian Koli's temple of Mumbai
Bombay, also called Bom Bahia or Bom Baim in Indo-Portuguese creole, and Mumbai in the local language; is the financial and commercial capital of India and one of the most populous cities in the world
Koli Christians
…hold on to some of their Koli customs/ values as the part of Koli caste, in spite of their conversions from Brahmanism to Christianity & in the former Bom Bahia of Portuguese India. Christian Kolis are also known as Thankar & Gaonkar Kolis; they played an important role in building churches & convents in the…
Ruins of St. John the Baptist Church in Andheri, built by the Portuguese Jesuits in 1579.
St. Michael's Church in Mahim, the oldest Portuguese Franciscan church in Bombay, was built in 1534.
Davies' sketch of Bombay harbour, 1626
The Madh Fort, built by the Portuguese, was one of the most important forts in Salsette.