   thumb|275px|one of the entrances to dharavi  thumb|another side of the dharavi slum (2009). a temple and slum's retail area can be seen in the upper left corner. dharavi (hindi and ; also spelled daravi, darravy, dorrovy) is a slum in mumbai, india. it is one of the largest slums in the world.sharma, kalpana; "rediscovering dharavi: story from asia's largest slum" (2000) â penguin books isbn 0-14-100023-6dharavi not asia's largest slum: undp report dharavi slum was founded in 1882s during the british colonial era. the slum grew in part because of an expulsion of factories and residents from peninsular city center by colonial government, and from rural poor migrating into urban mumbai (then called bombay). it is currently a multi-religious, multi-ethnic, diverse settlement. dharavi's total population estimates vary between 300,000 to about 1 million. dharavi has an active informal economy in which numerous household enterprises employ many of the slum residents. it exports goods around the world. leather, textiles and pottery products are among the goods made inside dharavi by the slum residents. the total annual turnover has been estimated at over 500 million. dharavi has suffered through many incidences of epidemics and other disasters.swaminathan, m. (1995). aspects of urban poverty in bombay. environment and urbanization, 7(1), 133-144 it currently covers an area of .{{cite
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