Naya Pul
Marrett, George William; Afzal ad-Dawlah Asaf Jah V
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Alternative Titles
New Bridge
Afzal Ganj Bridge
Dhobi ghat
Date
1859Description
the dhobi is a traditional laundryman, who will collect your dirty linen, wash it, and return it neatly pressed to your doorstep. All for a pittance. The "laundries" are called "ghats": row upon row of concrete wash pens, each fitted with its own flogging stone. The clothes are soaked in sudsy water, thrashed on the flogging stones, then tossed into huge vats of boiling starch and hung out to dry. Next they are ironed and piled into neat bundles general view, view looking east from Purana Pul of the dhobi ghat; with Naya Pul visible in the distance, 1986
Type of Work
Bridge (built work); Laundry (business)Subject
Bridges, Rivers, Transportation, Laundresses, Clotheslines, Islamic cities and towns, Architecture, Islamic --India, Laundries (businesses), Deccan (India)
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