Dabbawalla Tour

The word "Dabbawala" can be interpreted as "box-carrier" or "lunchpail-man". In Marathi and Hindi, "dabba" means a box (usually a cylindrical aluminium container More specifically, the word dabbawala implies a person in the Indian city of Mumbai who carries and delivers freshly made food from home in lunch boxes to office workers.

The concept of the dabbawala came into being when a person named Mahadeo Havaji Bachche started the lunch delivery service with about a hundred men. At the present time, Indian businessmen are the main customers for the dabbawalas, and the service often includes both cooking and delivery.

10:00 Hrs : The guests will be picked up by the Tourist Guide from the Hotel and drive to the Churchgate Railway Station,where they will see the Dabbawalas boarding the Dabbas in the wooden carte in the Train.

10 : 30 Hrs : At Churchgate station the Guest will see how the people stand in the Ticket Counter Q and take their tickets to reach their offices. Now the guests will escorted towards the platform to board the Local Train for Maha Laxmi Station. Local Train are the major means of transport in Mumbai. The extensive network of Railways has three lines, namely the Western Line, the Central Main Line and the Harbour Line. Being a linear city, Mumbai is totally covered by local train network.

11: 00 Hrs :- Guests arrives at Maha Laxmi Station is served by the Mumbai Suburban Railways. The station is situated next to municipal dhobi ghats at Mahalakshmi, on the suburb of Mumbai.

Most of the Dabba walas get down at Mahalaxmi Stn all the Offices are close to the this railway stn here the Dabbawals sorting outt their Tiffin boxes as per the area wise. A brief introduction here with the dabbawalas and their exact arrangements how the tiffin's are coded and distributed at the right place at the right time.

12 :00 : 12:30 Hrs :- The Guests will escorted out from the Maha Laxmi Stn. The guests will proceed to WasherMan Laundry firmly knows as DHOBI GHAT. A unique feature of Mumbai, 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. where almost two hundred dhobis and their families work together in what has always been a hereditary occupation.

12:45 :- 13 :00 Hrs :- Drive Straight to Chruchgate Stn. At this Stage the Dabbawalas taking out their dabba carriages and carry them on their head to one place where they do the re - arrangement of tiffins as per the destination area and building. In the particular areas like Nariman point, Maker Chambers with high density of customers, a special crate is dedicated to the area. This Crate carries 150 Tiffins and driven by 3- 4 Dabba walas.

13:30 Hrs :- Here the guest will meet these dabawallas and interact with them, they are very keen to welcome us.After meeting them guest will be proceed back to Hotel.