Henna Mill


The lanes off Kashani St, near the Mirror & Lighting Museum, are home to a number of henna mills. With their huge grinding stones, rotated against a flat plate on a brick plinth, these mills have been grinding down henna for well over a hundred years. A few are still in operation and make for an interesting quick visit en route to lunch in one of the renovated mills now serving as restaurants.


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