Nimtala crematorium

Nimtala crematorium
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 or Nimtala burning ghat or Nimtala ghat is a crematory located at Beadon Street, Kolkata. West Bengal.[1]

History

The burning ghat came up in 1827. In 2010 the central government of India rejuvenated and upgraded the crematorium which cost 140 million (US$2.1 million). Rabindranath Tagore was cremated here (north Calcutta burning ghat). There is a Rabindranath Tagore Memorial in the crematorium compound which was beautified in the 2010 project.[2]

Notable funerals

See also

References

  1. Sudhamoy Chatterji (1968). Death and after. Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay. p. 110. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  2. "Rs 14cr upgrade for Nimtala burning ghat". The Telegraph Calcutta. Retrieved 16 December 2012.


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