Mora, Maharashtra
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Mora
Mora koliwada | |
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Town | |
  Mora Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 18°53′20″N 72°56′02″E / 18.889°N 72.934°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Raigad |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 400702 |
| Telephone code | 022 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-MH |
| Vehicle registration | MH-06 |
Mora is a port serving the town of Uran in Maharashtra, India. Ferry services connect to Ferry Wharf and Gateway of India in Mumbai. Occupation of the inhabitants is mostly fishing related, where in women mostly sell fish in Mumbai, mora and uran. Men especially have shifted to various other professions due to increased literacy and financial risks involved in fishing. More than 98% of population is Hindu, the town is well known for its temples in particular the sai baba temple near the ferry booking office which observes a number of devotees from nearby region mostly gathering on Thursdays. The town saw a boom during 80's and 90's because of fish exporting and smuggling, in which many of them created good wealth but after the Mumbai riots in early 90's most of smuggling stopped and fishing again became primary source of income . The town is totally unplanned with poor sanitation system, it's because of being located over a hard rocky out crop, with limited scope of any improvement. The chief industry at Mora is Grindwell Norton Ltd, a major manufacturer of grinding wheels and related items, others include rajeshree abrasives which is the only industry inside mora. Situated across the wharf, the main road passes through the plant.The only bank nearby village is Syndicate Bank which is one of the oldest and major commercial bank located at Uran-Mora road near Ekvira devi Mandir.