Lohar Chawl is a commercial locality of
Mumbai, India. ''Lohar'' means iron smith in
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
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According to
Fodor's Essential India, it is a popular market with a wide range of goods for sales. The locality is highly crowded with numerous wholesale outlets. It is also Mumbai's largest wholesale market for electrical goods.
In popular culture
Miram Batliwala in her ''InSight — One Woman’s Incredible Journey from Darkness to Light'' reminisces about her numerous visits to Lohar Chawl's wholesale stores for "lighting fixtures, door handles and locks". One of
Nalini Malini
Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a female gender Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.''Baby Names''"Nalini" Retrieved on 9 January 2016. The name ...
's work's is titled ''Alleyway, Lohar Chawl''.
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Neighbourhoods in Mumbai
Retail markets in Mumbai