| Pydhonie | |
| Settlement Type: | neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | India Mumbai |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mumbai, India |
| Coordinates: | 18.954°N 72.8361°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Maharashtra |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mumbai City |
| Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
| Subdivision Name3: | Mumbai |
| Subdivision Type4: | Zone |
| Subdivision Name4: | 1 |
| Subdivision Type5: | Ward |
| Subdivision Name5: | B |
| Governing Body: | MCGM |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 11 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Marathi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 400 003 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Mumbai South |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Mumbadevi |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | MCGM |
Pydhonie is a neighbourhood in South Mumbai. Etymologically the name is derived from the Marathi word Py which means feet, and dhoné which means "to wash". Thus the name means "A place where feet are washed."
The name Pydhonie or "foot-wash", and probably refers to a small creek that formed at high tide between the Great Breach (separating the islands of Bombay and Worli) and Umarkhadi, the creek between the islands of Mazagaon and Mumbai (Bombay). This was probably the first land permanently reclaimed from the sea in Mumbai.
Pydhonie separates the predominantly Muslim population of the eastern part of the inner city from the mainly Hindu part to the west. The main landmark is the Mumbadevi Temple, moved here from the Fort area in 1737 or 1766. The present structure was financed by a Prabhu goldsmith called Pandurang Shivaji. Many of the older houses in this area were built by immigrants from Gujarat and Rajasthan, and have the murals on the walls, jharokhas, balconies and ornate lintels typical of architecture from these states.
The ‘1860 ’ engraved police station is the oldest in the city and has a history in the 1993 Bombay bombings, which followed the Bombay riots, wherein the "first bullet during the riots was fired near the Pydhonie station and the first bus stoning during the riots also happened in this jurisdiction," said Madhukar Zende, who was the ACP during the 1993 riots and is famous for his arrest of serial killer Charles Sobhraj.[1]