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Saturday 22 December 2012

Good Shepherd Church (Roman Catholic), Andheri West, Mumbai

 I recently attended a wedding of an ex-colleague at the Good Shepherd Church in Andheri West, Mumbai. It is a Roman Catholic Church consecrated in 1985 and serves the local Catholic community in the Four Bungalows and Andheri Lokhandwala areas.

Architecturally there is nothing outstanding about the building, it appears more like a fight for space in the space stricken city of Mumbai. But never the less its a place of worship and has a great sentimental value for people who worship here so that's what makes it beautiful.

View from the road

The Grotto on the left of the main Church building

The Grotto - 2

The corridor on the left

View of the main hall from the left corridor

The Eucharistic Chapel (Eucharistic Adoration) at the head of the left corridor

The main hall

The Cross behind the altar

Scenes from Bible painted on the back wall

Saints painted on the windows and Chandeliers on the roof. Not sure of the reason for conical ceiling.

Outside view

Entrance to the main hall

The church compound

Statue of Christ the Good Shepherd on the right

During a Wedding Mass

The Tabernacle

Saints at the entrance door - 1

Saints at the entrance door - 2

At the entrance door

Extension to the main hall on the right


Thursday 8 November 2012

More of All Saints Garrison Church (Church of North India), Lucknow

Here are some more pictures of historic All Saints Garrison Church (Church of North India), Lucknow taken on a bright November morning - 04th November 2012.

The Church compound (over grown with vegetation)

Flashlights - recent addition to the Church compound

The Church building - 1

The Church building - 2

Beautiful plant pots in the side corridor

The pews for the choir - now only used to seat the Presbyter hence the  lectern and the table fan

The pews for the choir - with the pulpit behind the benches

The Pulpit (hardly used now)

By the looks of it - this should have been the Side Chapel for The Daily Office

The Holy Altar - notice the priest stands facing the altar when celebrating the Lord's Supper and  not the congregation

The Holy Altar - notice the wooden Retable/Reredos behind the Altar

The wooden Retable/Reredos behind the Altar

During a Lord's Supper Service (Rev. Pearl Prashad Retd. at the Altar with the Lay Leader kneeling beside)

Balcony over the main entrance door with the Baptismal Font below

The balcony over the main entrance door

The Baptismal Font with the main entrance door behind

There are not many memorial tablets in the church - here are the pictures of the few. I have tried to capture the details on the tablets as clearly as I could with my low resolution camera.

1857/58 Memorial Tablet to soldiers from No.3 Company 8th Battlion Royal Artillery

Memorial Tablet to 73rd Perthshire Regiment Men - 1

Memorial Tablet to 73rd Perthshire Regiment Men - 2 (Top)

Memorial Tablet to 73rd Perthshire Regiment Men - 3 (second half)

Memorial Tablet to Men from East Yorkshire Regiment

The Church Vestry

Rev. Pearl Prashad (Retd.) filling in for our Presbyter Rev. Daniel Subhan who was out of town attending a conference in Chennai. 
Rev. Pearl Prashad (Retd.) also happens to be the first women priest ordained in The Church of North India.
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Adding few more pictures taken yesterday i.e. Sunday 11th November 2012.

The Church on a bright Sunday Morning

View from the Main entrance door

View from the Baptismal font

One of the Side entrances and the front pews

Supposedly the Side Chapel (not in use for a long time now)

Rev. Daniel Subhan (Presbyter in charge) conducting the Lord's supper service

Rev. Daniel Subhan (Presbyter in charge) at the altar conducting the Lord's supper service

Rev. Daniel Subhan (Presbyter in charge) at the altar conducting the Lord's supper service

Entrance to the Vestry

The 2 cottages in the Church compound