Panchpakhadi

Panchpakhadi
Municipality
Panchpakhadi

Location in Mumbai

Coordinates: 19°11′44″N 72°57′55″E / 19.1954727°N 72.9652491°E / 19.1954727; 72.9652491Coordinates: 19°11′44″N 72°57′55″E / 19.1954727°N 72.9652491°E / 19.1954727; 72.9652491
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Thane

Panchpakhadi is an area in city of Thane, known for Kachrali lake, head office of TMC, S.E.S High School and Junior College, few temples and several food localities.

Etymology

The word Panchpakhadi literally stands for five fields . The area originally consisted of five massive fields owned by various landlords. However,

Location

It lies adjoining to Naupada area and the Teen Hath Naka, with walking distance to Thane railway station.[1] It is one of the prime locations of Thane city. The head office of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is next to the Kachrali Lake.

Places

A Jain temple lies nearby. Also, a temple of Shiv and Parmarth Niketan, a Hindu temple-cum meditation place are located in this area. The Dynanraj Sabhagruha Hall & the Dnyaneshwar Maharaj temple lies in its vicinity.
The area is popular for the renowned school of Thane, namely, S.E.S. High School and Junior College. It also has numerous outlets of food brands.

Kachrali Lake

Kachrali Lake overlooking the city

"Kachrali Talao" is a picturesque lake with a small 'one tree island' on it. This lake has a circumference of 500m. It attracts many people for its jogging tracks, children play area, exercise area. There is a temple of Lord Ganesh inside the lake premises. Once a slum area, major cleansing & beautification has transformed it to a jogger's paradise. The government has brought Ducks on the lake, these ducks can be seen in the lake specially on the one tree island.

Events

Every year, the MLA Jitendra Awhad organizes Ganesh Chathurthi and Krishna Janmashtami celebrations, that are carried out in a pompous and grand manner.

Food Localities

The area has Khao Galli(Food lane) where there are lots of food outlets, some of the outlets are:

References

  1. ↑ "Panchpkhadi On Wikimapia". http://wikimapia.org. Retrieved 27 February 2015. External link in |website= (help)
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