Bhandup (Pronunciation: [bʱaːɳɖup]) (listenⓘ) is a suburban locality in Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra, India.

An old temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, the Bhandupeshwar Mahadev Mandir, is located in Bhandup (west) near Moti Bai Wadi IDUBS high school.

Devotees of Ganapati immerse idols of the elephant god Ganesh at the lake during the months of August through September, as well as in Bhandupeshwar Kundh in Bhandup Village East near the Eastern Express Highway.

[1] The Silaharas, also known as Shilahara, were the rulers of this region with partial Dravidian ancestry who later mixed with the Prakrit speaking Indo-Aryan locals of Konkan.

To control the regions in Bombay and Thane, the built the Rajapatha, passing from the north of Bhandup, following the current Bombay-Thane road.

The first train ran between Bori Bunder and Thane on 16 April 1853 with 400 passengers aboard 14 railway carriages, at 3:35 pm.

[citation needed] Bhandup falls within the S-ward, as defined by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.

One reason for Bhandup being a prime location for malls is its proximity to affluent areas like Powai and Mulund.

These land-plots are being used for the construction of huge residential complexes, in turn, providing the customer base for these malls.

However due to multiple fires, the 1st occurring on 25-March-2021 in Sunrise Hospital with a loss of 11 lives and the 2nd incident on 04-March-2022 the Dreams mall is currently non operational.

There is also a special State Transport Bus service in the morning which run between Bhandup and CWC (Navi Mumbai) and Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport Corporation runs a bus (route no 144) through Bhandup East which plies between Andheri East and Airoli.