Nimtala Ghat

Nimtala Crematorium, long known as Nimtala burning ghat, stands on Beadon Street on the bank of the Hooghly, the Ganga, in Kolkata. Compared with Varanasi's Manikarnika Ghat, it is regarded as one of the holiest cremation grounds in the country, where the soul is believed to attain moksha, and families come from across India to cremate their dead here. It is also among the largest burning ghats in India.

Cremations are said to have taken place here for some 2,000 years before the first building went up in 1717. The present ghat was built in 1817 by Babu Rajchandra Das after his father's death, and until Keoratola was built it was the city's only crematorium. Rabindranath Tagore was cremated here in 1941, and the memorial to him in the compound was improved during a central government upgrade in 2010. Others cremated here include Rani Rashmoni, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Kadambini Ganguly. The ghat also features in K. R. Meera's novel Aarachaar.