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	'''Scindia Ghat''' ({{~~Lang-~~hi\|सिंधिया घाट}}) is one of the [[~~ghat~~]]~~s in Varanasi~~ and borders [[Manikarnika Ghat\|Manikarnika]],<ref name="Abram(Firm)2003">{{cite book\|author1=David Abram\|author2=Rough Guides (Firm)\|title=The Rough Guide to India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAMik_6LbwUC&pg=PA313\|year=2003\|publisher=Rough Guides\|isbn=978-1-84353-089-3\|pages=313–}}</ref> a place of Hindu [[cremation]], to the north. At this ghat, a tilted [[Shiva]] temple can be found lying partially submerged in the [[Ganges]] River and it is argued that this ghat collapsed under its own excessive weight.{{cn\|date=June 2020}} The ghat is named after the [[Scindia]]s, who built it in 1830.{{cn\|date=June 2020}} Above the ghat, several of [[Varanasi\|Kashi]]’s most influential [[shrine]]s are located within the tight maze of alleys of Siddha Kshetra (Field of Fulfillment). According to [[mythology]], [[Agni]], the [[Hindu]] God of Fire, was born here. Hindu devotees propitiate at this place to Vireshwara, the Lord of all heroes, for a son.		'''Scindia Ghat''' ({{Langx\|hi\|सिंधिया घाट}}) is one of the [[ghats in Varanasi]] and borders [[Manikarnika Ghat\|Manikarnika]],<ref name="Abram(Firm)2003">{{cite book\|author1=David Abram\|author2=Rough Guides (Firm)\|title=The Rough Guide to India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAMik_6LbwUC&pg=PA313\|year=2003\|publisher=Rough Guides\|isbn=978-1-84353-089-3\|pages=313–}}</ref> a place of Hindu [[cremation]], to the north. At this ghat, a tilted [[Shiva]] temple can be found lying partially submerged in the [[Ganges]] River and it is argued that this [[ghat]] collapsed under its own excessive weight.{{cn\|date=June 2020}} The ghat is named after the [[Scindia]]s, who built it in 1830.{{cn\|date=June 2020}} Above the ghat, several of [[Varanasi\|Kashi]]’s most influential [[shrine]]s are located within the tight maze of alleys of Siddha Kshetra (Field of Fulfillment). According to [[mythology]], [[Agni]], the [[Hindu]] God of Fire, was born here. Hindu devotees propitiate at this place to Vireshwara, the Lord of all heroes, for a son.

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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101227094712/http://varanasi.nic.in/ghat/ghat.htm Ghats of Varanasi, webpage] at ''[[Varanasi]]'' official website.		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101227094712/http://varanasi.nic.in/ghat/ghat.htm Ghats of Varanasi, webpage] at ''[[Varanasi]]'' official website.

			* {{ws\|[[s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833/Hindoo Temples at Benares\|Hindoo Temples at Benares]]}}, a painting of Scindia Ghat by [[Thomas Shotter Boys]] engraved by J Thomas for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833 with a poetical illustration by [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]].

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'''Scindia Ghat''' ({{Lang-hi|सिंधिया घाट}}) is one of the [[ghat]]s in Varanasi and borders [[Manikarnika Ghat|Manikarnika]],<ref name="Abram(Firm)2003">{{cite book|author1=David Abram|author2=Rough Guides (Firm)|title=The Rough Guide to India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAMik_6LbwUC&pg=PA313|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-089-3|pages=313–}}</ref> a place of Hindu [[cremation]], to the north. At this ghat, a tilted [[Shiva]] temple can be found lying partially submerged in the [[Ganges]] River and it is argued that this ghat collapsed under its own excessive weight.{{cn|date=June 2020}} The ghat is named after the [[Scindia]]s, who built it in 1830.{{cn|date=June 2020}} Above the ghat, several of [[Varanasi|Kashi]]’s most influential [[shrine]]s are located within the tight maze of alleys of Siddha Kshetra (Field of Fulfillment). According to [[mythology]], [[Agni]], the [[Hindu]] God of Fire, was born here. Hindu devotees propitiate at this place to Vireshwara, the Lord of all heroes, for a son.

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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101227094712/http://varanasi.nic.in/ghat/ghat.htm Ghats of Varanasi, webpage] at ''[[Varanasi]]'' official website.

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