Keoratola crematorium

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
Bengali: কেওড়াতলা মহাশ্মশান
Entrance of Keoratola crematorium
Location113, Near Keoratala Post Office, Tollygunge Road, Kalighat, Kolkata - 700026

History

Before 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

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. "DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM". Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  3. JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1993. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  4. "Shanu Lahiri dead". Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  5. "A tearful farewell to Sunil on final journey". The Times of India. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.


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