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The Cathay is a mixed-use 17-storey cinema, shopping mall and apartment building located at Handy Road and Mount Sophia in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore. History [ edit ]
Dhoby Ghaut is located within the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. It also known as Vannan Thora Tedal ('laundry district') among the local Indian community. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The building was the first and tallest skyscraper in Singapore and in Southeast Asia, at a height of 83.5 metres from the Dhoby Ghaut entrance to the top of the building's water tower. [1] Its theatre was the island's first air-conditioned cinema and public building, and where one could sit in an arm chair to watch a film ; a rare amenity ...
Mumbai Dhobi Ghat Laundry District Individual wash pens at Dhobi Ghat Mumbaikar dhobis at work in the Mahalaxmi area. Dhobi Ghat is an open air laundry in Mumbai, India. [1] It was constructed in 1890. [2]
Both in Penang and Singapore, there are areas named Dhoby Ghaut (dhobi meaning "launderer" or "laundry", depending on whether it refers to a person or a business). Aapravasi Ghat or The Immigration Depot is a building complex located in Port Louis on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius , the first British colony to receive indentured, or ...
Dhobi known in some places as Dhoba, [1] Rajaka, a scheduled caste in India and the greater Indian subcontinent whose traditional occupations are washing, ironing, and agricultural labour. [2] [3] [4] In 2017, Supreme Court of India noted calling people dhobi was offensive. [5]
Dhoby Ghaut (IPA: / ˌ d oʊ b i ˈ ɡ ɔː t / DOH-bee GAWT) is a place in Singapore that often refers to the MRT station of the same name, which is a major interchange station on Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit network connecting the North-South Line, North East Line, and the Circle Line. As a place, Dhoby Ghaut lies along the eastern end of ...
Sri Muniswarar Temple, Jalan Jkr, Sungai Pinang, George Town; Sri Balamurugar Temple, Jalan Kajang, George Town; Sri Muthu Mariamman Temple, Lorong Kulit, George Town; Sri Karumariamman Temple, Dhoby Ghaut, George Town; Sri Ramar Temple, Solok York, George Town; Sri Muthu Mariamman Temple, Solok York, George Town