Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat is an open air laundry place in Mumbai, India.

If you have seen Bollywood movies you know Dhobi ghat. And even if you have not, Dhobi ghat is pretty famous in the world for a unique colony where thousands of clothes are dyed, washed , ironed in a day. All done by hundreds of workers working amazingly hard to keep up the pace. A lot of photogenic places around wih varieties of coloured clothes hanging and columns of water where people are seen washing clothes. It is approachable from the local railway station nearby and is 1 min walking from the overbridge. Do recommend you to visit once if you want to see this traditional colony of Mumbai

It was so much tourist attraction place of Mumbai its nearly mahalaxmi railway station and Jacab circles and gadge maharaj mono rail station, its so much attrective placeSome details of Dhobi Ghat :-Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat is an open air laundry place in Mumbai, India. It is located at Mahalaxmi railway station in southern Mumbai, it is also accessible from the Jacob Circle monorail station. The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbais hotels and hospitals. It was constructed in 189Overview:-There are rows of open-air concrete wash pens, each fitted with its own flogging stone. Claimed to be the worlds largest outdoor laundry, Dhobi Ghat is a very popular attraction among foreign tourists.It is located next to Mahalaxmi railway station on the Western Railways Saat Rasta roundabout. It can be easily seen from the flyover bridge of Mahalaxmi station.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. The dhobis collect clothes from all corners 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.Dhobi Ghat garnered a Guinness Book of World Records entry under ‘most people hand-washing clothes at a single location’ in 2011. In 2013, World Records India and World Amazing Records honoured World Record Certificate to Dhobi Kalyan & Audhyogik Vikas Co – op. Society LtdThe 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.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. Also known as the Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, it can be viewed easily from the Mahalaxmi Railway station. The best time to visit Dhobi Ghat is early morning and early afternoon. While the dhobis are in action in the morning to take care of the washing load, the early afternoons are an ideal time to see the clothes dry.

The place is good for a one time visit... Photographers can stimulate their photography skills and find interesting shots here.. The reason for three stars is, the place is not every clean and tidy.. People here amiable and co-operative.

Being listed in Guinness Book of World Records, you would like this place if you love exploring. Its open for everyone, you can go inside the place and see the livelihood of the dhobis here.

Definitely a must visit! The people staying there are extremely polite and helpful. However, I went there with my friend from Switzerland and at the entry-gate we were being asked to pay an entry fees for him. That wasnt the best to witness but nonetheless, the experience there and learning about that place was amazing!

Yah its very good I like this dhobi ghat

This place shouldnt be rated five stars as no slump should be. From a touristical point of view its interesting to see and certainly impressive to see the worlds biggest open air laundromat. Nonetheless, the poverty one sees when wandering in Dhobi Ghat is terrible.

One of the biggest open laundry in Asia as well as world. You will get great experience here. Very nice place for photography as well. You will get to see hardworking people and please approach/ask people before taking their photographs. Dont miss vie viewing gallery. Nearest Railway station is Mahalaxmi station and Jacob circle monorail station. #Dhobhighat #Mumbai

Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat is an open air laundry place in Mumbai. It is located at Mahalaxmi railway station in southern Mumbai, it is also accessible from the Jacob Circle monorail station.It was constructed in 1890.It is located next to Mahalaxmi railway station on the Western Railways Saat Rasta roundabout. It can be easily seen from the flyover bridge of Mahalaxmi station.Dhobi Ghat garnered a Guinness Book of World Records entry under ‘most people hand-washing clothes at a single location’ in 2011. In 2013, World Records India and World Amazing Records honoured World Record Certificate to Dhobi Kalyan & Audhyogik Vikas Co – op. Society Ltd.

Famous tourist spot to visit. Beware of seller selling souvenirs, they often mark up way high even you asked for discount. Better dont fall into the trap

Lot of improvement after the construction of the viewing platform. Well maintained vantage point.

Superb experience

What a contrast between the luxury hotel I am in for the night and the lives of the men that do the laundry for the guests of hotels. They work so hard yet earn so little. Doubtful that the hotel pays them even half of what guests are charged. This was a very enlightening experience into the life of working class Indians

A very suggestive place where people still wash and iron clothes in a traditional way. Is a kind of industrial laundry with items divided by type, material and colour. It also shows the condition that some people have to live. A good lesson to remind us how lucky most of us are.

One of the most Iconic place in Mumbai. Oldest (more than 140 years) and still functional. Dhobhi ghat (Washer men place) where these people have an annual revenue turnover of around INR 100 crore (14.7 million dollars). The place is so well known and old that few of the well known movies have been shot here, to name a few, Munna Bhai MBBS and Shootout at Wadala. Place is adjustment to Mahalaxmi train station (few seconds walking distance). The place holds a world record and is equally iconic and awesome as Mumbai Dabbawaalas

To see almost 500 people hand washing clothes at one location is amazing. More than 70% of Mumbais clothes are washed , sterlised , coloured and ironed here.

Fascinating view of a unique culture. The infrastructure to manage all this laundry in a third world country is amazing. The contract of million dollar high rises over looking this poverty is typical of this culture. Easy access with the local train.

Interesting space where the washer men do laundry for hotels and hospitals. Its the largest outdoor open air washing area in the world. You can watch them do their work from a little viewing platform.Train station is close by. The also listed the most important facts about this place on a sign in English.

It’s so shocked. Really worry about people working at this highly polluted place.

Dhobi Ghat presents a chaotic scene. However, a closer look brings out the order in the chaos. Lines and lines of washed clothes are hung out to dry in a manner that optimizes both time and space. This is a labor-intensive process, and the washermen, also called dhobis, have a system in place that takes care of washing, sorting, and ironing. A code is written at the back of each garment that allows the correct piece of laundry to get back to its owner. This system is amazingly efficient and one of the main reasons of the ghat’s popularity.

It is suppose to be one of the most crowded place where cloths are washed. If anyone wants to watch this place they can watch it from Mahalaxmi Station Bridge. There is a spot made for tourists.

Dhobi ghat is a blend of history and culture prevailing over 100 years. It was initially built to wash clothes of British army. Currently catering to clothes of nearby residential and commercial actives. It has 731 ghats with population of nearly 6,000 people. One should definitely give a visit to Asias biggest open laundry adjoining Mahalaxmi station.

A must see thing in Mumbai. They wash here even the bedsheets and towels of some posh hotels as well. Theres a nice viewpoint up the stairs at the bridge.

A great tourist attraction the dobhi ghat of mumbai. Where thousands of clothes from the city are washed here daily. What a sight to see slums and rows of color coordinated clothes hanging all over on ropes. This tourist sight has an elevated viewing spot near the Mahalaxmi Railway station.

Its largest outdoor laundry in Mumbai, its almost 140 years old, people visit there as a touristical point of view, specially people from abroad, thats look cool actually because of the colours of the cloths, all types of material of cloth and all colour present there, its easy to reach, walking distance from mahalaxmi railway station.

The best to wash your cloth

Famous for Slum Dog Millionaire. People there are awesome!

Brilliance of biggest open-air laundromat adds a breath of fresh air to the environs. Dhobi ghat dazzles due to the daily drudgery of 20 hours put in by 7000 odd washermen who whip-scrub-wash-dye-bleach-press around 100,000 clothes.Despite changeover to mechanical washing, the manual flogging is still a preferred choice and a source of living for the hard-working #dhobis in Mumbai.When you stand on the over bridge of Mahalakshmi railway station you get a clear view of the vast expanse of the colourful ghat. Shutterbugs and tourists flock here to capture the moment on their cams.

Its one of the oldest and largest outdoor laundry for clothes washing of mumbai city (south mumbai) very well known place visited by tourists who mostly come from abroad its near mahalaxmi railway station (saat rasta/Jacob circle)

Nice viewing platform and interesting to see. Not too exciting after 11am as its just clothes drying. Guided tours are available, but short and expensive. Probably good to view if on the way to something else.

Its one of the largest outdoor laundry in the entire world. Its 140 years old . Hotels, hospital, locals nearly half of millions people give their clothes for laundry every day.

The clothes washers are a shrinking business due to the modernisation of Mumbai. A definite location to visit to see the daily laundry mostly for hotels & hospitals. It seems organised chaos but apparently the system works smoothly. A genuine working site not just for the gazing tourists.

People living have happy faces tho they live in small rooms , they got their own world and one of the most friendly people .

Its a unique place, many Bollywood shooting is done here.

Located off the bridge adjacent to Mahalakshmi station lies this washing culture existing since ages. A must visit for a person novoice with travel agendas off the tourist map!

Wish one day the laundry worker live in skyscraper.

The worlds largest outdoor laundry , Historic place in Mumbai.Dhobi Ghat garnered a Guinness Book of World Records entry under ‘most people hand-washing clothes at a single location’ in 2011.It is located next to Mahalaxmi railway stationon the Western Railways Saat Rasta roundabout. It can be easily seen from the flyover bridge of Mahalaxmi station.

It’s a place exists for 150 years, and located in this modern city. Surrounded by modern tall buildings, and still has more than 700 workers and their families. If you visit this place, just stay the high place to see that is better.

Omg. What a stunning place. Must see when in mumbai. Amazing to see the massive amounts of laundry being done.

Im not sure how the Dhobi Ghats are considered a tourist attraction. I can appreciate the uniqueness of the place and what they accomplish with so little resources. But they are people, doing their laundry, and its considered a tourist attraction. It was emotionally challenging for me to witness the squalor, filth, and unhygienic conditions. I felt so much empathy for the challenges they face. I did not witness a single person smiling. They were not living, only surviving. Pictures are of the electrical room that powers the washers.

Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, founded 140 years ago by indian washer-men. Its a biggest open air laundry in the world. It has become a tourist spot. Hundreds of tourists visit this place everyday.

Unique and now hasca viewing platform

Very Nice , Located In Posh Area, Good fr Street photography

Nice place for street photography

Mumbai attracts tourists in part because the slum was once used as a background for Slumdog Millionaire movie in 2008. My friend kept asking again and again that Are you sure? when I insist on going to see the place with my own eyes. The laundry village in the below for example. Im still obsessed with tiny footy alleys, running along the drainaige of a laundry detergent. On top of that, the clothesline spreads to cover the midday sun.Below is some men do washing, children play with each other while mothers iron washed clothes and saree.  But they feel good about their lives and want to be respected so I was not allowed to take a close-up photo of them.

That place was very nice

Same old place , but yes now they are equipped with power machines to cater to washing load of Mumbai

Dhobi ghat can be explored during the noon between 2-5pm. Also, this is a very tiny place. You cannot roam easily. Good place for exploration though.

Dhobi Ghat is a famous place on mumbai

If you like to people watch its a great stop. It felt a little intrusive to be watching people live their life from a up on a bridge looking down on them. It is a glimpse into another way of living.

Very nice Aeria

This place is good and is very neat and clean.The worker here are very hardworking and earning their livinghood through hard efforts.This place is open air and its cleanliness is highly mantainedDhobi Ghat (Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat) is an open air laundromat (lavoir) in Mumbai, India.It is located at Mahalaxmi railway station in southern Mumbai ,it is also accessible from the Jacob Circle monorail station. The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbais hotels and hospitals. It was constructed in 1890.The word 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.In addition, Dhoby Ghaut is a locality in downtown Singapore. It lies on Orchard Road and has a MRT station named after it

Amazing experience. Must see. Mumbai Laundry

Mumbai local people leaving & working with washing of clothes. Must visit if you need to know the local peoples life also in Mumbai

So beautiful place

Just look see..touts will want money from you as you attempt to enter.

Very interesting place with a lot of history. Must visit when in Mumbai. You will need a guide to fully explore and understand the place.

Cool place to watch.

15 rs for cloth washingMust visit place in Mumbai

A must experience. You cant believe it until you see it

One of the biggest dhobi ghat in mumbai

Lot of tourist daily here to watch. New View Platform built in 2019 for Tourist to take a good view.

Good place for bbc , quint media to show case mumbai poverty .. I dont know if the business owners are poor but living condition is bad ..

My home

Different feeling i dont have words

Very very amazing place. Atypical place. People are not all very welcoming there but it is really a place to see.

All Foreigners visit here for photography!

Very nice and beautiful

Good Experience

Awesome place visit once in lifetime .

Good place

We were fortunate to go twice in two days on two different tours. It is spectacular and a newly built shaded viewing platform means you can watch it all happen in front of you. Thousands of garments and bedlinen from the city being washed and dried by hundreds of men. The bright colours, hundreds of pairs of jeans and bleached white sheets hanging on the twisted lines. Fascinating to watch and unique

Dhobi Ghat its a famous place in Mumbai Mahalaxmi area where so Many tourist visit in Daily basis dhobi ghat is famous for washing all Kinds of clothes...must visited place

Actually its not tourist attraction placeIts biggest cloth washing place by human in mumbai !!!

There is a view point currently. Is free.

Still more work to do for them.We were fortunate to go twice in two days on two different tours. It is spectacular and a newly built shaded viewing platform means you can watch it all happen in front of you. Thousands of garments and bedlinen from the city being washed and dried by hundreds of men. The bright colours, hundreds of pairs of jeans and bleached white sheets hanging on the twisted lines. Fascinating to watch and unique

This place is known for its washing clothes with a large number of clothes coming there every day.I gave 5 star because,I am a Photographer, when i entered the Dhobi Ghat from insideThey are very supportive with meLike ok you can take picturesThey dont utter a word.....I like that.....As a photographerIts a good location to clickMany portraits of street people....

Largest slum area in Mumbai

It is a heritage site now and one of the tourist attractions in Mumbai. It is as old as Bombay is and has been serving the cleaning and laundry service industry since long. Millions of clothes and linen are washed here everyday, catering mostly to the medical institutions, hospitality and railways too. You can visit this place and take beautiful photos which earlier was restricted as the washers were not very keen to entertain photography, but now they are more welcoming.

Its Heritage place, most of the foreigners visit this place

This open air laundry is in Mumbai on the west coast of India. 4000 people are employed here but the service is decreasing as the years go by with hospitals buying commercial machines. Over 1,000 people a day are employed by the laundry from dawn to dusk in shifts manually doing the laundry of hospitality businesses in Mumbai. Viewed from street level and crammed into an area next to a busy railway line, these workers seem to perform

SEA SITE AREA GOOD FOR EVENING SUNSET

A must place to see in Mumbai

A sight worth seeing! You can view across the site for nothing from the upper road or you can pay for a guided tour through the complex itself. I recommend the tour because you learn how the whole system works and get to see how the work is done. And where the people live - just steps away from where they work each day.

Very crowded area...

My friend is coming

Very famous place of Mumbai.Once upon a time DHOBIs of Mumbai starts stay there. For them its known as Dhobi ghat. Now its a very famous place and one of the best tourist attraction of Mumbai. Actually this is the largest laundry center of Mumbai. More or less 4500 people works here. They are on demand for their services, and its increasing day by day. Very good place for photography. Good place for study about a life of a normal people, how they fight for their living, how hard-working they are and the most important is they do that hardwork only for saving their family. So its very beautiful, nostalgic in one word its an amazing place.

Very good mumbai wark

Dhobi ghat is a community of washers.Washing clothes and drying in shifts. Brought there together from everywhere in Mumbai. Day and night in all colors, fabric, and type. They do it the traditional by hand washing. Steams of soapy water flow here. With a view of different clothes everywhere. One can see a person drying 50-100 garments in one go.

Best place for visitors

One of the famous tourist attractions of mumbai

Amazing place

Its huge. Just huge

Nice

Nice

Nice place

Good

Human laundry in Mumbai city center, has been in existence for decades if not more, people without literacy manage to wash millions of items every day, laundry there for private individuals and especially for large institutions like hospital factories and the like, there is a tour that can be done for a few dollars And it should be bargained for as well as anything in India, the tour is highly recommended and worth taking two hours to visit the place.

Biggest outdoor laundry...