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Byculla, Mumbai — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Byculla is an inland quarter of South Mumbai, wrapped around the Jijamata Udyaan zoo and the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum.
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Where to stay in Byculla
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Byculla puts most of its rooms within reach of the Jijamata Udyaan gardens and the museum quarter that grew up beside them. Base by the gardens. Rooms near the Jijamata Udyaan gate open onto the zoo grounds and set the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, with its restored decorative-arts halls, a short walk from your door.
Stays toward the Gloria Church trade the garden green for the older Portuguese-founded parish streets and the Khada Parsi memorial column nearby. Pick by landmark.
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By the Jijamata Udyaan gate
The garden edge of Byculla where the Jijamata Udyaan grounds meet the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, keeping both a short stroll from the room.Find hotels in By the Jijamata Udyaan gatevisitors after the older Portuguese-founded parish streets over the garden greenToward Gloria Church
The parish pocket around Gloria Church and the Khada Parsi memorial column, trading the zoo greenery for Byculla's settled church-street grain. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Toward Gloria Churchfamilies pairing the interactive galleries with a stay close to the exhibitsNear the Nehru Science Centre
The western science-quarter fringe by the Nehru Science Centre, whose hands-on halls and outdoor park sit within Byculla's reach. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in Near the Nehru Science CentreHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Mumbai
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Museums & Galleries
2- Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
- National Museum of Indian Cinema
Churches & Religious Sites
2- Gloria Church
- Ambroli Church
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Khada Parsi
Stadiums & Sports
2- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium
- National Sports Club of India
Parks & Gardens
1- Jijamata Udyaan
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About Byculla
What are the main landmarks in Byculla?
Jijamata Udyaan anchors the district. The old botanical garden and zoo spread across the quarter's green heart, and inside its gate the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum keeps Mumbai's oldest decorative-arts collection under a restored painted ceiling. Museums cluster close.
Within a short walk stand the interactive halls of the Nehru Science Centre, the film galleries of the National Museum of Indian Cinema, the sports floors of the National Sports Club of India, the covered court of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, and the small Antarang, Sex Health Information Art Gallery, while the Portuguese-founded Gloria Church and Ambroli Church and the cast-iron Khada Parsi memorial mark the older streets.
What is the history of Byculla?
Byculla grew as one of the older quarters of South Mumbai, its parish life marked by the Portuguese-founded Gloria Church and Ambroli Church. Those two parishes came first. The Victorian city then set its civic institutions here, laying out the botanical garden that became Jijamata Udyaan and raising beside it the museum that now carries the name Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, a building whose painted-and-gilt interior was restored to hold the collection again.
The cast-iron Khada Parsi column recalls a leading Parsi figure of that age. Later decades added the Nehru Science Centre to the western edge of the quarter.
Where is Byculla?
Byculla sits inland in South Mumbai, a tropical quarter built around the green of the Jijamata Udyaan gardens with the Nehru Science Centre closing its western edge.
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What is the best area to stay in Byculla?
By the Jijamata Udyaan gate: guests who want the zoo gardens and the restored museum halls on foot. Toward Gloria Church: visitors after the older Portuguese-founded parish streets over the garden green. Near the Nehru Science Centre: families pairing the interactive galleries with a stay close to the exhibits.
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Updated September 2026