Rosedown State Historic Site - This is the original punkah. People have used punkahs since 500BC in India. A punkah is a fan that is usually handmade and connected to the ceiling.
![Punkah wallahs in action, British India, early 1900s. A Punkah-wallahs were manual fan operators in India before the electric fan, who worked ceiling fan with a pulley system. : r/IndiaSpeaks Punkah wallahs in action, British India, early 1900s. A Punkah-wallahs were manual fan operators in India before the electric fan, who worked ceiling fan with a pulley system. : r/IndiaSpeaks](https://external-preview.redd.it/0eKJLUifw4oafrN4pZJ_DcGgDMQCnQr84yGwcOVQtyE.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=24b25cb5155e45e23cc69f2af0c621cba8df8de5)
Punkah wallahs in action, British India, early 1900s. A Punkah-wallahs were manual fan operators in India before the electric fan, who worked ceiling fan with a pulley system. : r/IndiaSpeaks
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