Serenity Routes
Harishchandra Ghat
Harishchandra Ghat
'One of the cremation ghats, after the mythological diligent, truthful king Harish Chandra who would work as a cremator-expert when he abandoned his kingdom.'
This ghat is named after a mythological King Harish Chandra, who once worked the cremation ground here for the preservance of truth and charity but at the end, the Gods rewarded him and restored his lost throne and his dead son to him. This is one of the two cremation ghats, and sometimes referred as Adi Manikarnika, still there exists Adi Manikarnika Tirtha. In 1986 an electric crematorium is opened here, however, side by side funeral of wood-fire continues. This is also the seat of old Harampapa water-tirtha. At the top in the temples, there are images of Harischandresvara, Rohitesvara, Adi Manikarnikesvara & Vrddha Kedara. In 1740 Narayana Diksit, a religious guru of pesavas renovated this ghat and made this partly pucca.
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Harishchandra Ghat
Harishchandra Ghat
'One of the cremation ghats, after the mythological diligent, truthful king Harish Chandra who would work as a cremator-expert when he abandoned his kingdom.'
This ghat is named after a mythological King Harish Chandra, who once worked the cremation ground here for the preservance of truth and charity but at the end, the Gods rewarded him and restored his lost throne and his dead son to him. This is one of the two cremation ghats, and sometimes referred as Adi Manikarnika, still there exists Adi Manikarnika Tirtha. In 1986 an electric crematorium is opened here, however, side by side funeral of wood-fire continues. This is also the seat of old Harampapa water-tirtha. At the top in the temples, there are images of Harischandresvara, Rohitesvara, Adi Manikarnikesvara & Vrddha Kedara. In 1740 Narayana Diksit, a religious guru of pesavas renovated this ghat and made this partly pucca.
#GhatsOfBanaras #HarishchandraGhat #AsNeverBefore