Keoratola crematorium
| Keoratola crematorium | |
|---|---|
| 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
Chief minister of West Bengal. There is a park besides it with number of tombs and memorials.[2]
Notable funerals
- Charu Majumdar[3]
- Chittaranjan Das
- Hare Krishna Konar
- Jibanananda Das[citation needed]
- Meghnad Saha[4]
- Satyajit Ray[5]
- Shanu Lahiri[6]
- Soumitra Chatterjee
- Subhas Chakraborty
- Subrata Mukherjee
- Suchitra Sen
- Sunil Gangopadhyay[7]
- Uttam Kumar
See also
- Nimtala crematorium
References
- ISBN 978-0-520-02675-9. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Department of Tourism". Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Rakhi Chakrabarty (3 July 2015). "Charu's children to write mother's memoirs | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Saha's Remains Cremated". The Indian Express. 18 February 1956.
- ^ JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1993. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Shanu Lahiri dead". Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. 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.