burning ghat

American  

noun

1. a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.

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Etymology

Origin of burning ghat

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

A giant burning ghat was erected on the highway.

From Literature

Such a glimpse it was that came to Devindranath Tagore upon the burning ghat at Benares.

From Project Gutenberg

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

Intently he looked upon the burning ghat.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Project Gutenberg