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

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

Arriving at the burning ghat, negotiations are opened with the superintendent or manager, for they are usually private enterprises or belong to corporations and are conducted very much like our cemeteries.

From Modern India by Curtis, William Eleroy

A little beyond the Temple of Kali is the burning ghat of Calcutta.

From Modern India by Curtis, William Eleroy

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 Cawein, Madison Julius