What are Pathare Prabhus?
Very few people know that Pathare Prabhus form an indigenous, colourful community in Mumbai, small in number (current estimate is about 56,000 across the world, mostly still in and around Mumbai) and yet significant in the early history of the development of Mumbai city and neighbouring areas. Although very little is known and established about the history of this small and introverted community, Pathare Prabhus seem to have travelled the length and breadth of Western India,