Kurla is a suburb of East Mumbai, India. It is the headquarters of the Kurla taluka of Mumbai Suburban district. The neighbourhood is named after the eponymous East Indian village that it grew out of. It falls under Zone 5, Ward 'L' of the Bombay Municipal Corporation. Its railway station, spelt as Coorla until 1890, is one of the busiest on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai as is the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) for out-station passenger/express trains.
Panaromic view of East Indian village of Kurla
Kurli crab on which the Name of Kurla is kept
Sheetal Pond or Talao
Double decker flyover on the Santacruz – Chembur Link in Kurla (East)
Mumbai Suburban district is the second most populous district of Maharashtra in the Konkan Division. With its administrative headquarters in Bandra, the district consists of three subdivisions or tehsils (townships): Kurla, Andheri, and Borivali. The district along with Mumbai City district and other suburban localities make up Greater Mumbai. The district occupies an area of 446 km2.
Image: ICICI Towers, BKC (289443859)
Image: Entrance to Bandra Fort
Image: Kanheri Buddhist Cave No. 3
Image: Aarey forest 2
