Template:Infobox historic site 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 DasTemplate:Citation needed
- Charu Majumdar[3]
- Satyajit Ray[4]
- Shanu Lahiri[5]
- Suchitra Sen
- Uttam Kumar
- Sunil Gangopadhyay[6]
- Subhas Chakraborty
- Soumitra Chatterjee
- Subrata Mukherjee
See also
References
- ↑ The Sword and the Flute: Kālī and Kṛṣṇa, Dark Visions of the Terrible and the Sublime in Hindu Mythology{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of California Press(1975). ISBN 978-0-520-02675-9
- ↑ Department of Tourism. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ↑ Charu's children to write mother's memoirs | Kolkata News - Times of India. The Times of India(Jul 3, 2015). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Foreign Broadcast Information Service(1993)
- ↑ Shanu Lahiri dead. Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ A tearful farewell to Sunil on final journey. The Times of India(26 October 2012). Retrieved 14 December 2012.