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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Open air commercial laundry in Mumbai; a generic term for the same throughout India}}<br />
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[[File:Mumbai Dhobi Ghat Laundry District.JPG|thumb|Mumbai Dhobi Ghat Laundry District]]<br />
[[File:Dhobi ghat Mumbai.jpg|thumb|Individual wash pens at Dhobi Ghat]]<br />
[[File:Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai.jpg|thumb|Mumbaikar dhobis at work in the [[Mahalaxmi, Mumbai|Mahalaxmi]] area]]<br />
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'''Dhobi Ghat''' is an open air laundry 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 was constructed in 1890.<ref name="TI1" /> The washers, known as ''[[dhobi]]s'', work in the open to wash clothes and [[linens]] from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals. <br />
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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<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/17579/In-Pictures-South-Dhobikhana-Calcutta-Established-1902 | title=Archived copy | access-date=2 March 2020 | archive-date=19 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419064635/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/17579/In-Pictures-South-Dhobikhana-Calcutta-Established-1902 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and there are other dhobi ghat places elsewhere in southern Asia. <br />
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==Overview==<br />
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.<br />
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It is located next to [[Mahalaxmi railway station]] on the [[Western Railway Zone (India)|Western Railway]] suburban line in southern Mumbai. It is also accessible from the [[Jacob Circle monorail station]] and the [[Mahalaxmi metro station|Mahalaxmi Metro Station]] on the [[Aqua Line (Mumbai Metro)|Aqua Line]] of [[Mumbai Metro]]. It is located near the Saat Rasta roundabout.<br />
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The Dhobi Kalyan & Audhyogik Vikas Cooperative Society, the apex body that represents washermen, estimates the annual turnover of the Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat at around Rs 100 crore. For 18 to 20 hours each day, over 7,000 people flog, scrub, dye and bleach clothes on concrete wash pens, dry them on ropes, neatly press them and transport the garments to different parts of the city. Over one [[lakh]] (100,000) clothes are washed each day. Some of the wealthier dhobis have given up on manual cleaning and have now installed large mechanical washing and drying machines.<br />
The dhobis collect clothes from all parts of the city, from [[Colaba]] to [[Virar]]. Their biggest clients are neighbourhood laundries, garment dealers, wedding decorators and caterers, and mid-sized hotels and clubs.<ref name=TI1>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/did-you-know-dhobi-ghat-still-makes-rs-100cr-a-year/articleshow/57352659.cms | title=Did you know Mumbai's Dhobi Ghat still makes Rs 100 crore a year? | first=Nauzer | last=Bharucha | date=26 February 2017 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=15 June 2018 }}</ref><br />
[[File:Dhobi Ghat 2025.jpg|thumb|Dhobi Ghat view in year 2025]]<br />
The Saat Rasta Project is a proposed Public Space Project along the Bapurao Jagtap Road, connecting Jacob Circle to the Mahalaxmi Railway Station. This public space will connect to Dhobi Ghat, which is also a major tourist attraction.<br />
Home to the dhobis and their families (around 200 families), the Dhobi Ghat has seen this occupation passed down from one generation to the next.<ref name=TI1 /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dhoby Ghaut]], Singapore<br />
* [[Dhoby Ghaut, Penang]], Malaysia<br />
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