MUMBAI: Sunday was a proud moment for the parishioners of a 157-year-old church in Kandivli. The neighbourhood junction was named Assumption Chowk after

. The labour of love took four years to accomplish.

A beautiful black granite plaque engraved with gold letters was unveiled by Bishop John Rodrigues. The ceremony was attended by other priests and members of the Bombay Catholic Sabha (BCS) which had led the initiative. MLAs and corporators led by Ashish Shelar, Gopal Shetty, Yogesh Sagar and Vijay Girkar also arrived.

Ronald D'Souza of BCS said, "In 2014, then parish priest Fr Elias D'Cunha envisioned this chowk. He inspired BCS to secure sanction along with corporator Shailaja Girkar. After Girkar's sudden death, it was at her husband MLC Vijay Girkar's intervention that we finally received the permission to name the junction Assumption Chowk."