Maharashtra's capital and Indian financial hub of Mumbai is named after the Hindu deity Mumba Devi, considered to be the city's patron deity. The British-era name Bombay was changed in 1995 to Mumbai to give the city an Indian name and ditch colonialism by the then Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
In Photos: The Mumbai's Mumba Devi Temple
Maharashtra's capital and Indian financial hub of Mumbai is named after the Hindu deity Mumba Devi, considered to be the city's patron deity. The British-era name Bombay was changed in 1995 to Mumbai to give the city an Indian name and ditch colonialism by the then Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
Photo: Dinesh Parab/Outlook
Photo: Dinesh Parab/Outlook
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