"burning-ghat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: burning-ghats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} burning-ghat (plural burning-ghats)
  1. (India) A flat area near the top of a river ghat where Hindus burn their dead; a funeral pyre. Tags: India Categories (topical): Death

Inflected forms

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