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Dhobi Khana at Veli in Fort Kochi is where the Tamil-speaking Vannan community carry out laundry works, the profession practised by the community traditionally. The story goes that the Vannans were brought by the King of Kochi from Coimbatore and Tirunelveli to wash the army uniforms of the Portuguese or the Dutch. In 1975, with the support of Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA), Vannans established a ‘Dhobhi Khana’ at Veli near Fort Kochi, a place specifically set aside to wash and dry clothes. This was set-up in the form of a sangham or a society. While some still use the traditional charcoal iron, a few have changed to the electrical iron. There are around 40 to 45 cubicles in two-to-three acres of land. Each cubicle is given to a different family and a pool of water is also pr
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