burning ghat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of burning ghat
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Jackie journeyed to the burning ghat on the Jumna River, laid a bouquet of white roses on the spot where Gandhi was cremated in 1948.
From Time Magazine Archive
A giant burning ghat was erected on the highway.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
When a person dies the manager of the burning ghat is notified.
From Modern India by William Eleroy Curtis
King gave him a small sum of money, and we walked away toward the burning ghat, where there was nothing but a mean smell and a few old men with rakes gathering up ashes.
From Caves of Terror by Talbot Mundy
In the sky The sunset lit a fire of drift and sat Watching the last Day, robed in empire, die Upon the burning ghat.
From The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy by Madison Julius Cawein
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