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In the nineteenth century the area developed in the main red light district of the city of Mumbai. In the words of a visiting missionary, "...the ground floor open to the road, like native shops. In these lower as well as in the upper rooms were native women calling to the male passers-by of various nationalities."
Mumbai contains the largest red light district in Asia, in the neighborhood of Kamathipura. Kamathipura is estimated to have over five thousand sex workers, who are identified as male, female, and transgender. [2] Of the estimated five thousand sex workers located in Kamathipura the majority are assumed to be victims of sex trafficking. [2]
Manningham – the red light district is situated around Lumb Lane and Manningham Lane and was featured in the TV series Band of Gold. [250] Huddersfield. Great Northern Street [251] Leeds. Chapeltown – the traditional red light-area was around the Spencer Place and Avenue Hill streets. This has diminished in importance since the emergence of ...
Budhwar Peth is a business area particularly for electrical goods market, books and traditional items. Places of interest include; Tambdi Jogeshwari Temple, N.M.V High School, part of Laxmi Road, the main shopping area of inner Pune, Appa Balwant Chowk and Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati temple, which is believed to be the richest amongst all Ganesh Temples with the Lord Ganesha icon laden with ...
Budhwar Peth, Pune: India's third largest red-light district with home to around 5,000 sex workers and 700 brothels. [6] [7] [63] 4. Chaturbhuj Sthan, Muzaffarpur: A red-light district in Bihar with around 3,500 sex workers. [6] [7] [64] 5. Shivdaspur, Uttar Pradesh: A town in Varanasi district with a red-light district housing approximately ...
The British shut down all the graveyards in the area and built many theatres (play-houses). [10] Many of these theaters, over a century old, now show classic Hindi films or adult movies, catering to migrant labourers and low-income sex workers from the nearby red-light district, i.e. Kamathipura. [11]
A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. In most cases, red-light districts are particularly associated with female street prostitution , though in some cities, these areas may coincide ...
Pages in category "Red-light districts in India" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bowbazar;