Located on the very popular Bandstand Promenade in Bandra West, is a Chapel and Liturgical Art Centre belonging to the (Roman Catholic) Sister Disciples of the Divine Master. One can visit this place for a quite moment of prayer in the first floor chapel and also visit the ground floor store for religious art and products such as vestments, candle stands, chalices, altar crosses, monstrances, rosaries, statues and a lot more.
Prathanalaya Chapel and Liturgical Art Centre, Bandstand Promenade, Bandra
From the road outside
View of the promenade from Prathanalaya main gate
The serene and calm of the outside, makes it a great place for worship and spiritual reflection
The Pious Disciples of the Divine Master (PDDM) have been in India since 1954. The Sisters moved to a house of their own in Mumbai on 8th December 1961. They now have branches in 20 cities across India. One can visit the Prathanalaya store on the ground floor before heading to the first floor chapel.
Staircase to the first floor Chapel
The religious products' store on the ground floor
The religious products' store on the ground floor
The Chapel - Nave followed by the Sanctuary and the Altar
Another view of the Chapel - windows open to the Bandstand Promenade
The Altar with Monstrance for Eucharistic Adoration
PDDM practice perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. This is a constant scene at the Chapel - there is always one sister praying, round the clock before Jesus in the Eucharist.
The Altar with the Monstrance for Eucharistic Adoration and the pews
The 'Narthex' end of the Chapel
St. Paul - PDDM also practice contemplation of the works of the Apostle Paul
Religious art (or perhaps stations of the cross) on the Narthex end wall of the Chapel
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