Dhobi Ghat - The world's largest outdoor laundry

  • 4 years ago
In this video we present Dhobi Ghat. Dhobi Ghat is an open air Laundromat located in Mumbai, the mega city of India.
It is interesting to see that in the midst of modern automated machine work hundreds of washer men washing huge measure of soiled cloths and linen. by hands in traditional method.

In Dhobi Ghat (https://bit.ly/2losVmg),very near to Mahalaxmi Railway station in Mumbai,there is an estimated turnover at around Rs 100 crore on the washing and cleaning of clothes and linen collected from all corners of the city. The biggest clients consist of garment dealers, wedding decorators and cater, mid-sized hotels and clubs.

The 140 year old Dhobi Ghat is Mumbai’s biggest human powered washing machine.
Every day awakening early in the morning hundreds of workers get involved in active work of cleaning the soiled clothes and linen in 1026 open-air troughs. Both men and women washing clothes in the big sinks by hands. This work has been going on for centuries.
Hundreds of people working at this traditional outdoor laundry will give a colorful experience to the foreign as well as local visitors.

The impressive and traditional outdoor laundry Dhobi Ghat received a Guinness Book of World Records entry under “most people hand washing clothes at

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