Raja Harishchandra Ghat (Varanasi)

India / Uttar Pradesh / Varanasi
 bathing ghat, shamshan ghat / burning ghat
Hindus from distant places bring the dead bodies of their near and dear ones to the Harish Chandra Ghat for cremation. In Hindu mythology it is believed that if a person is cremated at the Harish Chandra Ghat, that person gets salvation or "moksha".

This Ghat is name after a mythological King Harish Chandra, who once worked in the cremation ground here for the perseverance of truth and charity but at the end the Gods rewarded him and restored his lost thorn and his dead son. This is one of the two cremation ghats, and some times referred as Adi Manikarnika (" the original creation ground", cf.KKm 2.225-26), still there exists Adi Manikarnika Tirtha. In 1986-87 an electric crematorium was opened here, however side – by – side funeral of wood – fire is continuing. This is also the seat of old Harampapa water – tirtha.In the temples there are images of Harischandreshvara, Rohiteshvara, Adi Manikarnikeshvara & Vrddha Kedara. In 1740 Narayana Diksit, a religious guru of Peshvas renovated this Ghat and made this partly pucca.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghats_in_Varanasi
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Coordinates:   25°17'53"N   83°0'26"E

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  • Гхат. Место для кремации.
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