Tardeo or Tardeo Road () is an elite residential and commercial locality of

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, from

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Junction. Tardeo is one of Asia's most expensive residential and commercial localities and houses the residence of India's richest man

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, Antilia. Tardeo Road is also an important arterial road of the city of

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. The road is currently known as Javji Dadaji Road from Nana Chowk to Tardeo Circle with post code 400007 and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Road from Tardeo Circle to Haji Ali with post code 400034. Post codes 400007 are served by Grant Road post office and 400034 are served by Tulsiwadi post office. It lies from the

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. It is connected by railway through the

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railway station as well as by buses operated by

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, and

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. Tardeo houses the

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of Mumbai city. It also has some of Mumbai's most important commercial offices located in the AC Market Building, Arun Chambers, Commerce House and the Film Centre Building, all on the posh Tardeo Road. In 1999, Tardeo and the city of Mumbai witnessed the opening of its first full-fledged shopping mall

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, converted from an old pharmaceutical plant belonging to 'Roche'. The mall was an instant success and it attracted loads of people from all corners of the city, however the mall eventually contributed to traffic and pollution in the area. Now Crossroads is known as Brand Factory. Old dilapidated mills and structures are now being demolished by property developers to build residential high rises, similar to other areas of Mumbai. The Imperial Towers, for a period of time India's tallest, are located in Tardeo . Tardeo Road also has Mumbai's costliest oval-shaped sky-walk bridge. It is designed as a

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, it hangs on a single column placed in the middle of the skywalk. Tardeo was also home to Kakaji Maharaj and Pappaji Maharaj, two brothers who were spiritual leaders within the

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, they formed the Gunatit Samaj and started a new movement for the emancipation of women by bringing them into the saint-fold and leading them onto God, all under instruction of their guru

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. This revolutionary movement finds its roots in Tardeo, Yogiji Maharaj affectionately called Tardeo more so the residence of Kakaji Maharaj and Pappaji Maharaj; the throne of Akshardham.

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