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Kamathipura, Mumbai — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Kamathipura is an old inner-city neighbourhood of Mumbai, a grid of numbered lanes near Mani Bhavan.
About Kamathipura
Where to stay in Kamathipura
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Kamathipura sits inland, so most visitors base themselves at its edges and walk in. The lanes are tight. Beds near Mani Bhavan put the museum-house where Gandhi once stayed within easy reach, and set you a short ride from the greenery of Jijamata Udyaan and the tanks of Taraporewala Aquarium further south.
Stays closer to Khotachiwadi trade the crowded grid for a pocket of old wooden houses. Choose your fringe first.
About Kamathipura
What are the main landmarks in Kamathipura?
Mani Bhavan anchors the neighbourhood's northern reach. The townhouse where Gandhi stayed on his Mumbai visits is now a museum and library, and it draws most of Kamathipura's visitors. Wider Mumbai closes in on every side.
A short way south stand Jijamata Udyaan with its old zoo and the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, the tanks of Taraporewala Aquarium, and the reels of the National Museum of Indian Cinema, so a stay here places the grid within reach of some of the city's oldest public institutions.
What is the history of Kamathipura?
Kamathipura grew in the nineteenth century as Mumbai spread across the reclaimed flats between its older quarters. Labourers from the Deccan gave the district its name, and its grid of numbered lanes was laid out for the workers who built the colonial city around them. The plan has held.
Those same straight lanes still order the neighbourhood, and Mani Bhavan on its northern fringe recalls the years when Gandhi made Mumbai a base for the freedom movement.
Where is Kamathipura?
Kamathipura lies in the dense inner core of Mumbai, a flat grid of numbered lanes on the tropical coast, hemmed in by the older neighbourhoods around it.
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Updated July 2026