The Afghan Church was built in honor of the soldiers slain in the First Anglo Afghan War (1838-1842).
This Church is situated at Duxbury Lane, Colaba, Mumbai in Maharashtra, India and was consecrated in 1858. It was built in the Gothic Revival Style using local basalt, marble and limestone.
The church was designed by Henry Conybeare. Architect William Butterfield was responsible for the reredos, tiles, pews and screen. The Stained Glass Windows were designed by William Wailes.
There are notches in the rosewood pew rails to hold rifles of soldiers and officers. Normally weapons are deposited outside the church but an exception was made in this case after the 1857 uprising in Meerut where the garrison was attacked while attending mass unarmed.
I have not visited this Church in decades. It is a part of my childhood memories where we a group of friends, most of us albeit not Christian by faith, would visit the Church. A beautiful, calm, peaceful oasis. The serenity of the place remains long after the visit.
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