burning ghat

noun

1. a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of burning ghat¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

A giant burning ghat was erected on the highway.

From Literature

But let no one come to thine aid, lest there be nothing of thee left to take to the burning ghat.'

From Project Gutenberg

Such a glimpse it was that came to Devindranath Tagore upon the burning ghat at Benares.

From Project Gutenberg

Jackie journeyed to the burning ghat on the Jumna River, laid a bouquet of white roses on the spot where Gandhi was cremated in 1948.

From Time Magazine Archive

Intently he looked upon the burning ghat.

From Time Magazine Archive