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The '''Bathing Ghat in Bulandshahr''' is a stone platform with steps positioned between four domed towers on the banks of the [[Kali River (Uttar Pradesh)|Kali River]] in [[Bulandshahr]], India. Its foundation stone was laid in 1878 under the supervision of British [[District magistrate|district magistrate and collector]] for the [[Indian Civil Service]], [[Frederic Salmon Growse|Frederick Growse]]. It was completed in 1880.

Within a few years of construction, it had become a site for local festivals and displays of fireworks, particularly at [[Holi]].

==Origin==
[[File:Bathing ghat Bulandshahr 1880.png|thumb|left|Bathing ghat Bulandshahr, 1880]]
The bathing ghat at Bulandshahr is a stone platform with steps positioned between four domed towers on the banks of the [[Kali River (Uttar Pradesh)|Kali River]].<ref name=CR1884>{{cite book |last=Growse |first=F. S. |title=Calcutta Review |date=1884 |publisher=University of Calcutta |pages=128–157 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7qgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA140 |language=en |chapter=VIII. The rebuilding of Bulandshahr |access-date=2023-02-14 |archive-date=2023-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214012410/https://books.google.com/books?id=i7qgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA140 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Growse> Growse, F. S. [https://archive.org/details/bulandshahrorsk00growgoog/page/n118/mode/2up?q=ghat ''Bulandshahr; or, Sketches of an Indian district; social, historical and architectural'']. Benares: Medical Hall Press, 1884. p. 67</ref> Its foundation stone was laid on 1 November 1878 under the supervision of British district magistrate and collector for the Indian Civil Service, Frederick Growse.<ref name=CR1884/> An executive engineer informed the [[British Raj|British government in India]] that it would be an "eye-sore" and in visual obstruction of the bridge, resulting in a two-year delay in construction.<ref name=CR1884/><ref name=AA1983>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIFMAAAAYAAJ&q=Bathing+Gha |title=Annals of the Architectural Association School of Architecture |date=1983 |publisher=Architectural Association |language=en |page=20 |access-date=2023-03-09 |archive-date=2023-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317061512/https://books.google.com/books?id=dIFMAAAAYAAJ&q=Bathing+Gha |url-status=live }}</ref> Another similar ghat began construction further up the river, to be named after [[Kuar Lachman Singh]].<ref name=Sketches1884>{{cite book |last1=Growse |first1=F. S. |title=Bulandshahr: Or, Sketches of an Indian District: Social, Historical and Architectural |date=1884 |publisher=Medical Hall Press |location=Benares |url=https://archive.org/details/bulandshahrorsk00growgoog/page/n120/mode/2up |language=English|pages=66–79}}</ref>

==Structure==
The towers are made from stone brick and each have eight sides, with red sandstone panels set in frames of white stone.<ref name=AA1983/> Two panels display the names of those who made financial contributions to the building of the ghat; listed in order of amount donated.<ref name=Growse/> Opposite the ghat, further steps were built.<ref name=Growse/> The river serves as a boundary to the east of Bulandshahr, and the bridge receives the main roads entering the town, resulting in the towers forming a landmark site for approaching visitors.<ref name=AA1983/> Each tower is topped with [[eaves]] and [[Bracket (architecture)|brackets]] over a [[plinth]] that provides support to a dome-topped open [[kiosk]].<ref name=AA1983/> The height of each tower is {{cvt|52|ft}}; two are on land and two at the edge of the water.<ref name=AA1983/>

==Cost==
The total cost was {{INRConvert|16373|year=1878}}, of which {{INRConvert|3670|lk=on|year=1878}} was raised by the municipality; the rest was raised by the public.<ref name=AA1983/> [[John Lockwood Kipling]], [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s father, noted that Growse had ensured it was locally financed, built in adherence to traditional Indian practices, and was "untouched by European training".<ref name=AA1983/><ref name=Tarapor1980>{{cite journal |last1=Tarapor |first1=Mahrukh |title=John Lockwood Kipling and British Art Education in India |journal=Victorian Studies |date=1980 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=53–81 |jstor=3826879 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3826879 |issn=0042-5222 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-02-14 |archive-date=2023-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215172148/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3826879 |url-status=live }}</ref> The most expensive part of construction was creating the deep wells for the tower foundations.<ref name=AA1983/>

An appendix in Growse's ''[[Bulandshahr; or, Sketches of an Indian district; social, historical and architectural]]'' (1884) displays the names of those that provided finances for the building of the ghat.<ref name=Growse/>

==Function==
Within a few years of construction, it had become a site for local festivals and displays of fireworks, particularly at [[Holi]].<ref name=AA1983/>

==Gallery (2023)==
<gallery>
File:Bulandshahr bathing ghat morning view.png|
File:Bulandshar bathing ghat with steps.tif
File:Bulandshahr bathing ghat and bridge over Kali Nadi.tif
File:Bulandhar bathing ghat and Kali Nadi river.tif
File:Bathing ghat, Bulandshahr, Growse.jpg|Inscription (Growse)
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

*{{Commons category-inline}}

[[Category:Ghats of India]]
[[Category:Bulandshahr]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 1880s]]

Bathing Ghat, Bulandshahr - Revision history

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