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[[File:Varanasi_Munshi_Ghat3.jpg|alt=Munshi Ghat|thumb|250x250px|[[Munshi Ghat]]]]
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'''Ghat''', a term used in the [[Indian subcontinent]],
==Etymology==
The origin of the English 'ghat' is {{lang-sa|घट्ट }}, ''{{IAST|ghaṭṭa}}'' and is normally translated as ghaṭ, quay, landing or bathing place, as well as, steps by a river-side.<ref>Source: Monnier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, [https://sanskrit.inria.fr/MW/84.html#gha.t.ta] ghaṭṭa;</ref> The word 'ghat' has also been derived from Dravidian etymons such as the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Kannada]] word ''kaadu'' (காடு/ಕಾಡು; forest, side of a mountain, ridge) or [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ''katta'' and ''gattu'' (dam and embankment).{{Quote without source|date=May 2021}}
▲==Types in India==
===River ghats ===
These are bathing wharves on a river.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bose |first1=Melia Belli |title="Women, Gender and Art in Asia, c. 1500-1900 |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781351536554 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZiMxDwAAQBAJ&q=%22bhausahebanchi+bakhar+%22&pg=PT74 |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>
The numerous significant ghats along the [[Ganges]] are the [[Ghats in Varanasi|Varanasi ghats]] (the city of [[Varanasi]] has 88 ghats) and generically the "ghats of the Ganges". Most of these were constructed under the patronage of various [[Maratha empire|Maratha rulers]] such as [[Ahilyabai Holkar]] (Queen of the Malwa Kingdom from 1767 to 1795) in the 18th century.<ref>also it is a component which help the people to worship their lord and uses for tarpan.
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In [[Madhya Pradesh]] in central [[India]] there are further significant ghats along the [[Narmada River]]. People who live on the steps are also called ghats.
===Shmashana
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Ghats such as these are useful for both mundane purposes (such as cleaning) and religious rites (i.e. ritual bathing or ablutions); there are also specific "[[shmashana]]" or "cremation" ghats where bodies are cremated waterside, allowing ashes to be washed away by rivers
===As place name suffix===
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* [[Charghat Upazila|Charghat, Rajshahi]], Bangladesh
* [[Chunarughat Upazila|Chunarughat, Habiganj]], Bangladesh
* [[Devghat|Devghat, Nepal]]
* [[Gaighat, Nepal]]
* [[Ghatail Upazila|Ghatail, Tangail]], Bangladesh
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* [[Saghata Upazila|Saghata, Gaibandha]], Bangladesh
==Outside
The word is also used in some places outside the Indian subcontinent
[[Aapravasi Ghat]] or ''The Immigration Depot'' is a building complex located in [[Port Louis]] on the [[Indian Ocean]] island of [[Mauritius]], the first British [[colony]] to receive indentured, or contracted, labour workforce from India.<ref name="overview">{{cite web | last = Deerpalsingh | first = Saloni | title = An Overview of Indentured Labour Immigration in Mauritius | publisher = Global People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Souvenir Magazine, July 2007 | url = http://www.gopio.info/?p=74 | access-date = 11 September 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130804064734/http://www.gopio.info/?p=74 | archive-date = 2013-08-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref> From 1849 to 1923, half a million Indian [[indentured labour]]ers passed through the Immigration Depot, to be transported to [[plantations]] throughout the [[British Empire]]. The [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|large-scale migration of the laborers]] left an indelible mark on the societies of many former British colonies, with Indians constituting a [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|substantial proportion of their national populations]].<ref name="carib">{{cite web | title = The Caribbean | publisher = High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora | url = http://www.indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter15.pdf | access-date = 11 September 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090619062242/http://www.indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter15.pdf | archive-date = 2009-06-19 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In Mauritius alone, 68 percent of the current total population is of [[Indo-Mauritian|Indian ancestry]]. The Immigration Depot has thus become an important reference point in the [[History of Mauritius|history]] and [[Culture of Mauritius|cultural identity]] of Mauritius.<ref name="coolitude">{{cite web | last = Torabully | first = Khal | title = Coolitude and the symbolism of the Aapravasi ghat | date=2 November 2007 | url = http://www.potomitan.info/torabully/aapravasi.php|access-date=10 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="piece">{{cite web | title = Mauritius: History and Remembrance | date=2 November 2004 | publisher=allAfrica | url = http://allafrica.com/stories/200411020524.html |access-date=4 November 2004}}</ref>
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