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'''Nimtala Crematorium''' is located on Beadon Street, [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. The [[crematorium]] | '''Nimtala Crematorium''' is located on Beadon Street, [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. The [[crematorium]] has been historically known as Nimtala burning ghat, or simply Nimtala ghat.<ref name="Chatterji1968">{{cite book|author=Sudhamoy Chatterji|title=Death and after|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-UtAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=16 December 2012|year=1968|publisher=Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay|page=110}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=21 June 2022 |title=Nimtala Burning Ghat: কানে আসে কিছু কান্না, আর্তনাদ! নিমতলা শ্মশান আজও হিম শ্রোত আনে শহরবাসীর শরীরে |work=The Bengali Chronicle |url=https://thebengalichronicle.com/horror-experience-nimtala-burning-chat/ |access-date=10 August 2022 |language=bn |archive-date=10 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810090927/https://thebengalichronicle.com/horror-experience-nimtala-burning-chat/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Located on the banks of the [[Hooghly River|Hoogly]] ([[Ganga]]) just like the [[Manikarnika Ghat]] in [[Varanasi]]; it is considered to be one of the holiest burning ghats in the country where the soul is said to attain [[moksha]], ie. breaking the cycle of birth and death. So people across the country comes here for the cremation of their loved ones. It is also one of the largest burning ghats in India. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The burning ghat was constructed in | The first building of this burning ghat came up in 1717, but cremation was done almost 2000 years before that time. The present structure of the ghat was created by [[Rajchandra Das|Babu Rajchandra Das]], for the citizens of [[Calcutta]]. Before the creation of [[Keoratola crematorium]], it used to be the sole crematorium in the whole city. Feeling the need of the citizens Rajchandra constructed the ghat in 1817 after his father, [[Preetoram Marh|Babu Pritaram Marh's]] demise.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ghosha |first=Lokanātha |url=http://archive.org/details/modernhistoryin00unkngoog |title=The modern history of the Indian chiefs, rajas, Zamindars, &c. |date=1879 |publisher=Calcutta : J.N. Ghose |others=Oxford University |pages=73}}</ref> | ||
In 2010 the central government of India upgraded the crematorium at a cost of INR ₹140 million (US$2.0 million). The last rites and cremation of "The Levitating Saint" Bhaduri Mahasaya - Maharshi Nagendranath Bhaduri were performed at Nimtala Burning Ghat in Kolkata on November 2, 1926.The Bengali polymath [[Rabindranath Tagore]] was cremated here in 1941. The Rabindranath Tagore Memorial in the crematorium compound was beautified as part of the 2010 project.<ref name="Rs 14cr upgrade for Nimtala burning ghat">{{cite news|title=Rs 14cr upgrade for Nimtala burning ghat|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100309/jsp/calcutta/story_12189585.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313231753/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100309/jsp/calcutta/story_12189585.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2010|accessdate=16 December 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph Calcutta}}</ref> | |||
The ghat has also been represented in popular literature. It plays a significant part in the plot of the [[2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] winning Malayalam novel, [[Aarachaar]], by [[K. R. Meera]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202013_final.pdf |title=2013-ലെ കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാർഡുകൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |date=December 2014 |accessdate=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613132951/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202013_final.pdf |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Sahitya-Akademi-award-for-Meeras-Aarachar/articleshow/45583043.cms|title=Sahitya Akademi award for Meera's 'Aarachar'|newspaper=The Times of India|date=20 December 2014|accessdate=24 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/books/story/20140811-abhirami-sriram-kr-meera-hangwoman-review-phanibhushan-mullick-804801-2014-08-01|title=Abhirami Sriram reviews Hangwoman: Everybody loves a good hanging by KR Meera|work=India Today|accessdate=24 January 2019}}</ref> | The ghat has also been represented in popular literature. It plays a significant part in the plot of the [[2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] winning Malayalam novel, [[Aarachaar]], by [[K. R. Meera]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202013_final.pdf |title=2013-ലെ കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാർഡുകൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |date=December 2014 |accessdate=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613132951/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202013_final.pdf |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Sahitya-Akademi-award-for-Meeras-Aarachar/articleshow/45583043.cms|title=Sahitya Akademi award for Meera's 'Aarachar'|newspaper=The Times of India|date=20 December 2014|accessdate=24 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/books/story/20140811-abhirami-sriram-kr-meera-hangwoman-review-phanibhushan-mullick-804801-2014-08-01|title=Abhirami Sriram reviews Hangwoman: Everybody loves a good hanging by KR Meera|work=India Today|accessdate=24 January 2019}}</ref> | ||
== Notable funerals == | == Notable funerals == | ||
* [[Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar]] | * [[Rani Rashmoni]] | ||
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]] | * [[Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar]] | ||
* [[Rajchandra Das]] | |||
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]] | |||
* [[Mutty Lall Seal]] | |||
* [[Rajendralal Mitra]] | * [[Rajendralal Mitra]] | ||
* [[Manik Bandopadhyay]] | * [[Manik Bandopadhyay]] | ||
* [[Samaresh Majumdar]] | |||
* [[Sadhan Pande]] | |||
* [[Gurudas Banerjee|Sir Gurudas Banerjee]] | |||
* [[Preetoram Marh|Babu Preetoram Marh]] | |||
* [[Debendranath Tagore]] | |||
* [[Kadambari Devi]] | |||
* [[Kadambini Ganguly]] | |||
* [[Birendra Krishna Bhadra]] | |||
* [[Bani Kumar]] | |||
* [[Binodini Dasi|Noti Binodini]] | |||
* [[Dwijen Mukhopadhyay]] | |||
* [[Ramdulal Sarkar]] | |||
* [[Subhas Chakraborty]] | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Keoratola crematorium]] | * [[Keoratola crematorium]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
7) বিদ্যাসাগর ও অবিদ্যাসাগর-অসিত দাস(কচিপাতা প্রকাশন) | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{Commons category-inline|Nimtala | * {{Commons category-inline|Nimtala Burning Ghat}} | ||
{{Kolkata topics}} | {{Kolkata topics}} | ||
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[[Category:Ghats in Kolkata]] | [[Category:Ghats in Kolkata]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:35, 22 January 2026
| Nimtala Crematorium | |
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| Native name Bengali: নিমতলা মহাশ্মশান | |
 The Nimtala burning ghat in 1945. | |
| Location | 2p, Strand Bank Road, Beadon Street, Kolkata – 700006 |
| Area | Beadon Street |
Nimtala Crematorium is located on Beadon Street, Kolkata, India. The crematorium has been historically known as Nimtala burning ghat, or simply Nimtala ghat.[1][2] Located on the banks of the Hoogly (Ganga) just like the Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi; it is considered to be one of the holiest burning ghats in the country where the soul is said to attain moksha, ie. breaking the cycle of birth and death. So people across the country comes here for the cremation of their loved ones. It is also one of the largest burning ghats in India.
History[edit | edit source]
The first building of this burning ghat came up in 1717, but cremation was done almost 2000 years before that time. The present structure of the ghat was created by Babu Rajchandra Das, for the citizens of Calcutta. Before the creation of Keoratola crematorium, it used to be the sole crematorium in the whole city. Feeling the need of the citizens Rajchandra constructed the ghat in 1817 after his father, Babu Pritaram Marh's demise.[3]
In 2010 the central government of India upgraded the crematorium at a cost of INR ₹140 million (US$2.0 million). The last rites and cremation of "The Levitating Saint" Bhaduri Mahasaya - Maharshi Nagendranath Bhaduri were performed at Nimtala Burning Ghat in Kolkata on November 2, 1926.The Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore was cremated here in 1941. The Rabindranath Tagore Memorial in the crematorium compound was beautified as part of the 2010 project.[4]
The ghat has also been represented in popular literature. It plays a significant part in the plot of the 2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winning Malayalam novel, Aarachaar, by K. R. Meera.[5][6][7]
Notable funerals[edit | edit source]
- Rani Rashmoni
- Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Rajchandra Das
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Mutty Lall Seal
- Rajendralal Mitra
- Manik Bandopadhyay
- Samaresh Majumdar
- Sadhan Pande
- Sir Gurudas Banerjee
- Babu Preetoram Marh
- Debendranath Tagore
- Kadambari Devi
- Kadambini Ganguly
- Birendra Krishna Bhadra
- Bani Kumar
- Noti Binodini
- Dwijen Mukhopadhyay
- Ramdulal Sarkar
- Subhas Chakraborty
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Sudhamoy Chatterji (1968). Death and after. Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay. p. 110. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ↑ "Nimtala Burning Ghat: কানে আসে কিছু কান্না, আর্তনাদ! নিমতলা শ্মশান আজও হিম শ্রোত আনে শহরবাসীর শরীরে". The Bengali Chronicle (in Bengali). 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ↑ Ghosha, Lokanātha (1879). The modern history of the Indian chiefs, rajas, Zamindars, &c. Oxford University. Calcutta : J.N. Ghose. p. 73.
- ↑ "Rs 14cr upgrade for Nimtala burning ghat". The Telegraph Calcutta. Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ↑ "2013-ലെ കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാർഡുകൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു" (PDF). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi award for Meera's 'Aarachar'". The Times of India. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "Abhirami Sriram reviews Hangwoman: Everybody loves a good hanging by KR Meera". India Today. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
7) বিদ্যাসাগর ও অবিদ্যাসাগর-অসিত দাস(কচিপাতা প্রকাশন)
External links[edit | edit source]
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