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Nimtala crematorium

Nimtala crematorium
Native name
Bengali: নিমতলা মহাশ্মশান
Nimtala burning ghat, Calcutta in 1945.jpg
The Nimtala burning ghat in 1945.
Location 2p, Strand Bank Road, Beadon Street, Kolkata – 700006
Area Beadon Street

Nimtala crematorium or Nimtala burning ghat or Nimtala ghat is a crematory located at Beadon Street, Kolkata. West Bengal.

The burning ghat came up in 1827. In 2010 the central government of India rejuvenated and upgraded the crematorium which cost 140 million (US$2.2 million). Rabindranath Tagore was cremated here (north Calcutta burning ghat). There is a Rabindranath Tagore Memorial in the crematorium compound which was beautified in the 2010 project.



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