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-{{short description|Open air commercial laundry in Mumbai; a generic term for the same throughout India}}
+'''Dhobi Ghat''' or '''Dhoby Ghaut''' is a word used in various parts of [[South Asia]]. It means a place where the traditional ''dhobi'' caste of washermen and women go to wash clothes. The word usually means a place near a river or stream, in [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]], but a ''Dhobi Ghat''  doesn't necessarily have to be near a source of natural water.
-'''Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat''' is an open air laundry place in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/mumbai-boasts-the-worlds-largest-open-air-laundry/article637392/ | title=Mumbai boasts the world's largest open air laundry | newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] | date=8 November 2010 | accessdate=28 August 2014}}</ref> It is located at Mahalaxmi railway station in southern Mumbai, it is also accessible from the [[Jacob Circle monorail station]]. The washers, known as ''[[dhobi]]s'', work in the open to clean clothes and [[linens]] from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals. It was constructed in 1890.<ref name=TI1 />
+The world's largest ''Dhobi Ghat'' is said to be in [[Mumbai]], India. It figured in the famous  ''[[Dhobi Ghat (movie)|Dhobi Ghat]]'' (2010).
-==Overview==
+[[Category:India]]
-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.
+[[Category:Pakistani culture]]

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-'''Dhobi Ghat''' or '''Dhoby Ghaut''' is a word used in various parts of [[South Asia]]. It means a place where the traditional ''dhobi'' caste of washermen and women go to wash clothes. The word usually means a place near a river or stream, in [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]], but a ''Dhobi Ghat''  doesn't necessarily have to be near a source of natural water.
+{{short description|Open air commercial laundry in Mumbai; a generic term for the same throughout India}}
-The world's largest ''Dhobi Ghat'' is said to be in [[Mumbai]], India. It figured in the famous  ''[[Dhobi Ghat (movie)|Dhobi Ghat]]'' (2010).
+'''Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat''' is an open air laundry place in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/mumbai-boasts-the-worlds-largest-open-air-laundry/article637392/ | title=Mumbai boasts the world's largest open air laundry | newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] | date=8 November 2010 | accessdate=28 August 2014}}</ref> It is located at Mahalaxmi railway station in southern Mumbai, it is also accessible from the [[Jacob Circle monorail station]]. The washers, known as ''[[dhobi]]s'', work in the open to clean clothes and [[linens]] from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals. It was constructed in 1890.<ref name=TI1 />
-[[Category:India]]
+==Overview==
-[[Category:Pakistani culture]]
+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.

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'''Dhobi Ghat''' or '''Dhoby Ghaut''' is a word used in various parts of [[South Asia]]. It means a place where the traditional ''dhobi'' caste of washermen and women go to wash clothes. The word usually means a place near a river or stream, in [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]], but a ''Dhobi Ghat'' doesn't necessarily have to be near a source of natural water.

The world's largest ''Dhobi Ghat'' is said to be in [[Mumbai]], India. It figured in the famous ''[[Dhobi Ghat (movie)|Dhobi Ghat]]'' (2010).

[[Category:India]]
[[Category:Pakistani culture]]