Keoratola crematorium
| Keoratola crematorium | |
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| Native name Bengali: কেওড়াতলা মহাশ্মশান | |
 Entrance of Keoratola crematorium | |
| Location | Tollygunge Road, Kalighat, Kolkata |
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]
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[]
- Chittaranjan Das
- Jibanananda Das[citation needed]
- Satyajit Ray[3]
- Shanu Lahiri[4]
- Suchitra Sen
- Uttam Kumar
- Sunil Gangopadhyay[5]
- Subhas Chakraborty
- Soumitra Chattopadhyay
See also[]
- Nimtala crematorium
- Kashi Mitra Ghat crematorium
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1993. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Shanu Lahiri dead". Telegraph (Calcutta). 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.
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