About Our Lady of Nazareth Church – On information provided by the Franciscan Chronicles, Fr.Paulo da Trinidade laid the foundation of the Church of Our lady of Nazareth between the years 1575-1578. Balthasar Gomes was the founder of this church. The whole of Bhayander village, originally belonged to Balthasar Gomes. He selected a site for the church and erected it at his own expense. Fr. Simao de Nazareth, who was the Custos, laid the firt stone.

Though the church was attacked by the Marathas in 1739, we do not know the extent of damage it suffered but the Franciscan Fathers had to leave and the Secular clergy took over. The Church was rebuilt in 1866 and then extended in 1890 and remodeled in 1910 and early 1980s.