Open-air laundry · Mahalaxmi
Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat

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The city's vast open-air laundry: rows of concrete wash-pens worked by generations of dhobis.
The city's vast open-air laundry: rows of concrete wash-pens worked by generations of dhobis.
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Dhobi Ghat is an open air laundry in Mumbai, India. It was constructed in 1890. The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to wash clothes and linens from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals. The phrase dhobi ghat is used all over India to refer to any place where many washers are present. Inspired by the Mumbai Dhobi Ghat (then Bombay), the British built Dhobi Ghat in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1902 and there are other dhobi ghat places elsewhere in southern Asia. Overview There are rows of open-air concrete wash pens, each fitted with its own flogging stone. Claimed to be the world's largest outdoor laundry, Dhobi Ghat is a very popular attraction among foreign tourists. It is located nex… Wikipedia
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