Keoratola crematorium or Keoratola Burning Ghat or Shahnagar Keoratola crematorium is a crematory located at Tollygunge Road, Kalighat, Kolkata. This is one of the largest cremation grounds in Kolkata.[1]
| Keoratola crematorium | |
|---|---|
| Native name কেওড়াতলা মহাশ্মশান (Bengali) | |
 Entrance of Keoratola crematorium | |
| Location | Tollygunge Road, Kalighat, Kolkata |
History
editBefore the establishment of this crematorium, there was a jungle of Caraway trees and the area was named as Keoratala. This crematorium was established in 1862 beside the bank of Adi Ganga. Keoratala crematorium was modernised by Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, Ex-Chief minister of West Bengal. There is a park besides it with number of tombs and memorials.[2]
Notable funerals
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ David R. Kinsley (1975). The Sword and the Flute: Kālī and Kṛṣṇa, Dark Visions of the Terrible and the Sublime in Hindu Mythology. University of California Press. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-0-520-02675-9. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Department of Tourism". Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Rakhi Chakrabarty (3 July 2015). "Charu's children to write mother's memoirs | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Saha's Remains Cremated". The Indian Express. 18 February 1956.
- ^ JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1993. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Shanu Lahiri dead". Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "A tearful farewell to Sunil on final journey". The Times of India. 26 October 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2012.