[2] The original Gloria Church, Nossa Senhora da Glória, was built in 1632 at the foot of the Mazagaon hill.

This Franciscan church was funded by the De Souza e Lima family, who owned the Mazagaon island which they procured from the King of Portugal in 1572.

The crowning achievement in church-building was the erection of Nossa Senhora da Gloria at Byculla (1912), an imposing structure in English Gothic style.

[citation needed] The church’s beauty has inspired many filmmakers to shoot their films on its premises.

[citation needed] Prominent among them was Manmohan Desai’s Amar Akbar Anthony, released in 1977.