Bathing Ghat, Bulandshahr
The Bathing Ghat in Bulandshahr is a stone platform with steps positioned between four domed towers on the banks of the Kali River (Uttar Pradesh), Kali River in Bulandshahr, India. Its foundation stone was laid in 1878 under the supervision of British District magistrate, district magistrate and collector for the Indian Civil Service, Frederic Salmon Growse, Frederick Growse. It was completed in 1880. Within a few years of construction, it had become a site for local festivals and displays of fireworks, particularly at Holi. Origin The bathing ghat at Bulandshahr is a stone platform with steps positioned between four domed towers on the banks of the Kali River (Uttar Pradesh), Kali River. Growse, F. S''Bulandshahr; or, Sketches of an Indian district; social, historical and architectural'' Benares: Medical Hall Press, 1884. p. 67 Its foundation stone was laid on 1 November 1878 under the supervision of British district magistrate and collector for the Indian Civil Service, Frederi ...
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Ghat
Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context could refer either to a range of stepped hills with valleys (ghati in Hindi), such as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats; or the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such as a bathing or cremation place along the banks of a river or pond, the Ghats in Varanasi, Dhobi Ghat or the Aapravasi Ghat.Sunithi L. Narayan, Revathy Nagaswami, 1992Discover sublime India: handbook for tourists Page 5.Ghat definition
Cambridge dictionary. Roads passing through ghats are called .

Etymology

The origin of the English 'ghat' is sa, घट्ट , ' and is normally translated as ghaṭ, quay, landing or ...
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