Home to a small urban forest in the heart of the city, a 17th century hilltop fort, the nearby Dharavi leather market that's a booming parallel industry of Mumbai and more; Sion is Mumbai's boundary town. In the 17th century, this little village was the boundary between Mumbai and the vast Salsette Island. Today, it's still forming a boundary in Mumbai, well, at least for the auto-rickshaws that aren't allowed to cross it to go to South Mumbai roads, a feature that leaves several non-Mumbaikars scratching their heads.
Sion marked the end of the city during the Raj era; but if you're wondering how Sion got its name, it's thanks to the Jesuits who were given ownership of it by the Portuguese. The Jesuits built a chapel here and named it after Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Zion became Sion, and later, Shiv in Marathi.
Explore this old neighbourhood of Mumbai and discover bits of the city that you may not know of.