RAMU and his family

Ramu and his father Durgap came to Dharavi 60 years ago from a region between the states of Karnataka and Maharastra. They both are Hinduist priests, as their earlier generations also were. On the beginning they were established near the 90 Feet Road, but, because it was enlarged, they were moved to Transit Camp.
Since their arrival to Mumbai they worked for the Bombay Port Trust, carrying ships’ goods in the evening and taking care of the temple in the morning. After 55 years they were able to dedicate all their energies to the temple they had established in T.C.

Ramu at his temple, were he invited us

Ramu has three wifes that, by desire of his father, he got married in order to increase the size of the family. This has resulted in ten daughters and six sons, and most of them live close to each other, establishing a small and condensed community of nineteen children and twenty one children that mainly work on manufacturing brooms. It is an aged family, the mother of Ramu counts 118 years old.

Durgap has, more or less, 105 years old Ramu and his mother The daughter of Ramu, at her sister's house

Once every five years, in the month of October and together with another 500 people of T.C., they go to their original village to celebrate a religious ceremony where Ramu gets possessed and where they dance every night in front of the temple for nine days.
This big celebration only happens once in five years.