Ambarnath

The name Ambarnath literally means 'Lord of the sky'. Ambarnath is the site of a very old
temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, dating back, to 10th century. It is a beautiful temple carved out
of stone in Hemad style construction. Ambarnath has a Mumbai Suburban Railway link to
Mumbai and lies on the route to Karjat and Pune. Most people rely on the railway link to
commute to Mumbai for work. Like all Mumbai subarbs Ambarnath is divided into east
Ambarnath and west Ambarnath by railway. Ambarnath west is in an industrial zone and is
home to hundreds of small and large chemical factories, the most famous of which are AMP
and DMC. Many people also live in an area called Ordnance Estate which is meant for the
Ordnance Factory nearby that manufactures artillery and bomb shells. It has given India an
Olympian in the form of hockey player Mervyn Fernandes.

Ambarnath east has beautifully planned residential housing society called Suryodaya Housing
Society; probably the largest housing society of bungalows in entire Asia which contains more
than 655 plots and covers around 4 km² of area. The housing society has 4 sections namely
Kansai, Saai, Kher(Herambh) and Vadavali. Out of these Kansai and Vadavali were small
villages in the past. The area in the west was named Jausai and the one in east was known
Kansai. It was named after two sisters. (Sai means sister). The Saai section was named after
Saai Baba (a saint from Shiradi). The Saai Section has a huge temple near Bhagini Mandal
School. Ambarnath east was once a pristine area of beautiful Bungalows but unplanned
development over the years has taken its toll. The infrastructure is getting stretched to support
the current population growth and the Bungalows have all been replaced with cookie cutter
apartment buildings.

Places to see in Ambarnath

- Shiva Temple
-  Fatima Catholic Church and School
- GIP Tank
- One Tree Point
- Ayyapa Temple
- Shantisagar Water Resort
- Chikloli Dam and Barvi Dam
- Malang Gadh, a pilgrimage place know as Haji Malang Dargah, as well as hiking spot, is
also close by.
- Heramb Mandir is a renovated temple of Lord Ganesha.

Ambarnath is a small self contained township which has very prominent schools like Bhausaheb

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Paranjape Vidyalaya, InnerWheel School, Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School), SICES, Fatima
High School and Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya. It also has two junior and senior colleges offering
bachelors degrees in commerce science and arts.

A popular hill station called Matheran, and Titwala, which has a famous Ganesh temple, are
close by.

Recently the city has witnessed Real Estate boom and rates near railway station and
surrounding areas in the east have zoomed past INR 1500-2000 per square foot mark.

History

According to Professor Gawli Anil, Guru Nanak visited Ambarnath Shiv Temple on 25 February
1415 while Surinder Singh Kohli and other historians mention the period to be earlier than this.
Following is an extract of text detailing his visit -

There was a family that is Gawli's Family staying at New balaji nagar room no 3372, ambernath
west are the best family in ambarnath. Who is always together even in dark days. From Poona,
Guru Nanak travelled North and visiting Lonavla, reached Ambarnath. Ambarnath is now a
famous railways station and Industrial centre on Kalyan-Poona rail line. Art the time of Guru
Nanak’s visit the place had Ambarnath a temple in honour of Lord Shiva. This temple still exists
and frequently visited by the local population. Area around the temple was then uninhabited.
The year of construction of this temple is carved on the temple which showed that it had been
there for five hundred years before Guru Nanak’s visit. This ancient temple is mixture of
Ajanta-Ellora style and the styles of Southern Indian temples. Made by the then kings of the
area, the temple had been famous for Shivratri fair on Falgun Wadi 14; the tradition which is
followed to-date. According to Professor Sahib Singh, Guru Nanak came at this place on 25
February 1415 while Surinder Singh Kohli and other historians mention the period to be earlier
than this. A gurdwara has been constructed at some distance in the memory of visit of Guru
Nanak and a free education school Guru Nanak Public School was started at the place during
my stay. Both the Gurdwara and the School have come up well. From Ambarnath, Guru Nanak
visited Mumbai Haji Ali and Maha Lakshmi temple."

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Ambarnath is not the actual name of this town. Its was "Hallyacha Pada" , a village near welfare
center (EAST) was the original name of this town. Dr. Rajendra Prasad inaugurated the railway
station "Hallyacha Pada" after independence. This town started flourishing after the arrival of
DMC, WIMCO and got rechristened as Ambarnath( before this there were only two villages
recognised in this area as Kohoj-Khuntawali at west and Hallyacha Pada at East). When first
Nagarpalika came in existence, Leaders like Meheruddin Pathan ,Madan Singh Manvir Singh,
Nalwade and Laxman Jathar really transformed this city into a high standard little town.
Subsequently arrival of MIDC pumped in more productivity in this town. Those days the
OCTROI revenue from this town was 2nd in entire maharashtra state after Pimpri-chinchwad.

There is also an Ancient Dargah Located in the Kohoj Village Popularly known as Baba Gaiban
Shah Dargah, located between 3 Different Areas Kohoj Village, Chinchpada, and Woollen
Chawl.

As per the recent excavations, there existed an urban civilization in the Area of Ambarnath
since 200BC.

The bricks found resemble to Satavahan era.

Shree Heramb Mandir(Temple) - Shree Heramb mandir is setuatied half a mile away from the
raliway station of Ambarnath in the east. Lod Heramb idol is made of granite rock and
sculptured at Tirupati Devasthanm. Lord Heramb is a Vighnaharta of the people of Ambarnath.

Famous People

- Gawli anil narayan

- Soman and Associates
- Shantaram Tikam & Group
- Bhausaheb Paranjpe
- Panvelkar & Group
- Nikam & group
- Desai & Dalal & group
- Narendra kale
- Shaikh Family

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Famous Places

- Bhajani Mandal, New balaji nagar, Ambernath(W)

- Shiv Mandir, Near Shiv Ganga Nagar, Ambarnath (E)
- Ghaban Shah Wali Darga :- Located in West of Ambarnath.
- Gurunaka Temple :- Located in West of Ambarnath.
- Heramb Ganesh Temple :- Located in East of Ambarnath.
- Hazrat HAJI ABDUR REHAMAN -HAJI MALANG .DARGHA
- Ayyappa Temple, Ayyappa giri, Near Ordnance Estate, Ambarnath.
- Maruti Mandir, Vandrapada.
- Sai baba temple :-modern mandir near state bank of india ambernath east
- Teen jhaad(three trees,located in the west of ambarnath

Famous School

- South Indian Children Education Society (S.I.C.E.S) High School

- Fr.Agnel Multipurpose School
- Kochgoan Fatima High School
- Inner Wheel School and Junior college
- Bhausaheb Paranjape Vidyalaya
- Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya
- M.M.M High School
- National Urdu School
- Rosary English School
- Haji Yusuf Urdu School
- Modern English High School
- Bethel Church High School
- TMS High School
- TVM High School
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Ambernath
- Madina Masjid Near Fatima School in WEST

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Ambarnath had a population of 203,795. Males constitute 53% of the
population and females 47%. Ambarnath has an average literacy rate of 100%, higher than the
national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 13% of the
population is over 60 years of age. Coordinates: 19°12′N 73°10′E / 19.2, 73.167.

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Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway

Next station south: Badlapur
Next station north: Ulhasnagar
Stop No: 27 from Mumbai CST
KM from starting: 60

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