[2024 Mumbai Attraction] Travel Guide for Dhobi Ghat (Updated Dec)

The 100-year-old Mumbai city has the “the world’s largest open-air laundry. It is located under the Mumbai City Center Bridge and can accommodate thousands of people while standing in the laundry pool and washing clothes together. If said today “The thousands of People” laundry room may be exaggerated, but the scene of hundreds of people who are struggling to wash and clean the piles of dirty clothes and sheets at the same time is absolutely stunning. These launderers still retain the traditional way of hand-washing and drying the clothes in the open air, cleaning the clothes for some hotels, factories and hospitals in Mumbai. These male laundry workers and porters from all over India start working early for the laundry pool owners, earning thousands of rupees year after year to support their families.

Dhobi Ghat

➖ Open-air laundry Located in Mumbai, this is the world's largest open-air laundry, with a history of 150 years. Hundreds of families live here and make a living by washing clothes. Due to its proximity to the intercity railway station and convenient transportation, real estate developers are getting closer and closer.