Visit the world’s largest open air laundromat, Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai. All the dirty cloths of Mumbai are cleaned in this huge hand powered washing machine. It is a sheer surprise to see rows of troughs and drying yards with hundreds of people engaged in washing the cloths from the mid-sized hotels and industries of Mumbai. Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat is a must visit for everyone visiting Mumbai and the aerial view can be observed from the Bridge over the road, across the train tracks of Mahalaxmi railway station.

Except for few hours a day, around 7000 people flog, scrub, bleach and dye the clothes, wash them on the rows of pens, dry them in large number of lined up ropes, press them and arrange to deliver the clothes to different parts of the city. Don’t get surprised to know that the annual turnover of Dhobi Ghat area is more than 100 crores.

Information :

1. Plan to visit Dhobi Ghat in the early mornings to see the washermen dealing with loads of clothes in a perfect rhythm and early afternoons to witness thousands of clothes in the drying yards.

How to Reach Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat?

Dhobi Ghat is very near to Mahalaxmi Railway Station.