Mumbai Dhobi Ghat. India

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Mumbai Dhobi Ghat. India

The dhobi is the normal laundryman, who collects your unwashed linen, wash it, as well as return it neatly pressed to your doorstep. All fhat for the pittance! The clothes have been dripping in sudsy water, thrashed on stones, afterwards tossed in to outrageous vats of boiling starch as well as hung out to dry. Then they have been ironed as well as piled in to neat bundles.
Dhobi Ghat is the unique underline to Mumbai (Bombay), located at Saat Rasta nearby Mahalaxmi Railway Station, where most families of dhobis work together.

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