Statistics for Religious Places in and around Mumbai

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Religion	Hint	Answer	% Correct
Islamic	Picturesque mosque and dargah located on an islet off the coast of Worli	Haji Ali	100%
Hindu (Devi)	Temple located in Bhuleshwar. The city of Mumbai takes it name from the name of this goddess	Mumbadevi Temple	100%
Hindu (Ganpati)	Ganpati temple located in Prabhadevi. Originally constructed in 1801 CE	Siddhivinayak Temple, Prabhadevi	100%
Hindu (Ganpati)	Iconic sarvajanik (public) Ganpati mandal near Parel established in 1934. The 20 foot idol is worshipped for the duration of the Ganpati festival every year and then immersed in the Arabian Sea	Lalbaug cha Raja	88%
Hindu (Shiva)	Shiva temple built on a hillock near Girgaum Chowpatty. Originally constructed in 1780 CE	Babulnath Temple	75%
Hindu (Devi)	Devi temple located close to Worli seaface. Built in 1785. Railway station on the Western Line takes it name from this temple	Mahalakshmi Temple	75%
Hindu (Shiva)	Rock cut Shaiva caves situated on an island 10 km off the coast of Mumbai. UNESCO World Heritage site	Gharapuri (Elephanta) Caves	63%
Hindu (Shiva)	Beautifully carved stone Shiva temple built in 1060 CE. Located in a suburb in the Thane district that takes it name from this temple	Ambernath Temple	38%
Buddhist	Over 100 rock-cut Buddhist caves dating from the 1st century CE to the 10th century CE. Located in the forests of Sanjay Gandhi National Park	Kanheri Caves	38%
Hindu (Shiva)	Major Shiva temple in Thane city. The Shiva linga here is amongst the largest in Maharashtra with a diameter of 12 feet	Kopineshwar Temple, Thane	38%
Islamic	Mausoleum of the 51st and 52nd Dāʿī al-Mutlaqs of the Dawoodi Bohra Ismaili Muslims. Located in Bhendi Bazaar	Raudat Tahera	38%
Hindu (Shiva)	Shiva temple located close to the Banganga tank in Malabar hill. The name translates to the Lord of the Sands	Walkeshwar Temple	38%
Christian	Church located in Navy Nagar, Colaba. Built to commemorate the dead of the First Afghan War with construction starting in 1847	Afghan Church	25%
Christian	Imposing church located in Byculla. Built in 1911 in the English Gothic Revival style on the site of an earlier Portuguese church	Gloria Church	25%
Islamic	Dargah of a 12th century Sufi saint from Yemen, Haji Abdur Rehman. Located on the flanks of a hill fort near Kalyan	Haji Malang	25%
Hindu (Devi)	Devi temple situated atop a hill in Virar	Jivdani Temple, Virar	25%
Jewish	Synagogue in Byculla constructed in 1864 by David Sassoon, a Baghdadi Jew who emigrated to Bombay in the 1800s. Sassoon built a considerable fortune and funded several public works in the city	Magen David Synagogue	25%
Christian	Cathedral church of the Diocese of Mumbai with its foundation stone laid in 1637. Marked Zero Point for the city of Bombay pre-independence	St Thomas Cathedral	25%
Hindu (Devi)	Devi temple located in the Thane district about 76 km from Mumbai. The temple is located close to a series of hot water springs in the bed of the Tansa river	Vajreshwari Temple	25%
Buddhist	Buddhist stupa excavated in 1882, uncovering relic caskets and images of Maitreya Buddha dating from the 8th-9th century CE. This was the location of an ancient port town which has also yielded fragments of an Asokan inscription	Sopara Stupa	13%