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

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burning ghat

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

But the bathing ghat only makes ready for the burning ghat.

From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Strong, Augustus Hopkins

It is but seldom that a cremation is not in progress at the burning ghat.

From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Penfield, Frederic Courtland

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