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| native_name = কেওড়াতলা মহাশ্মশান<br />
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'''Keoratola crematorium''' or '''Keoratola Burning Ghat''' or '''Shahnagar Keoratola crematorium''' is a [[crematory]] located at Tollygunge Road, [[Kalighat]], [[Kolkata]]. This is one of the largest cremation grounds in Kolkata.<ref name="Kinsley1975">{{cite book|author=David R. Kinsley|title=The Sword and the Flute: Kālī and Kṛṣṇa, Dark Visions of the Terrible and the Sublime in Hindu Mythology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ih1By08_Yj0C&pg=PA124|access-date=14 December 2012|year=1975|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-02675-9|pages=124–}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Before the establishment of this crematorium, there was a jungle of Caraway trees and the area was named as Keoratala. This crematorium was established in 1862 beside the bank of [[Adi Ganga]]. Keoratala crematorium was modernised by Dr. [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]], Ex-[[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief minister of West Bengal.]] There is a park besides it with number of tombs and memorials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wbtourismgov.in/destination/place/Keoratala_Maha_Sasan|title=Department of Tourism |last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=December 5, 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Notable funerals ==<br />
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* [[Chittaranjan Das]]<br />
* [[Jibanananda Das]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}}<br />
* [[Satyajit Ray]]<ref name="JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia">{{cite book|title=JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rki6AAAAIAAJ|access-date=14 December 2012|year=1993|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service}}</ref><br />
* [[Shanu Lahiri]]<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|title=Shanu Lahiri dead|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130202/jsp/calcutta/story_16510654.jsp#.UUISlTeEnuo|access-date=14 March 2013|newspaper=Telegraph (Calcutta)}}</ref><br />
* [[Suchitra Sen]]<br />
* [[Uttam Kumar]]<br />
* [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]]<ref name="A tearful farewell to Sunil on final journey">{{cite news|title=A tearful farewell to Sunil on final journey|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-26/kolkata/34748837_1_chief-minister-mamata-banerjee-tearful-farewell-left-leaders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126060038/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-26/kolkata/34748837_1_chief-minister-mamata-banerjee-tearful-farewell-left-leaders|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|access-date=14 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 October 2012}}</ref><br />
* [[Subhas Chakraborty]]<br />
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee|Soumitra Chattopadhyay]]<br />
*[[Subrata Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Nimtala crematorium]]<br />
* [[Kashi Mitra Ghat crematorium]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Crematoria in India]]<br />
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