The Harishchandra Smashan Ghat is a secondary
burning ghat. It is one of the
oldest ghats in city,this ghat is named after a mythological king
Harishchandra ,who once worked the cremation ground here for the
preservance of truth and charity but at the end ,God rewarded him and
restored his lost throne and his dead son to him.This is one of the two
cremation ghats,and some times refered as Adi Manikarnika (the original
cremation ground);still there exist Adi Manikarnika Teerth.
oldest ghats in city,this ghat is named after a mythological king
Harishchandra ,who once worked the cremation ground here for the
preservance of truth and charity but at the end ,God rewarded him and
restored his lost throne and his dead son to him.This is one of the two
cremation ghats,and some times refered as Adi Manikarnika (the original
cremation ground);still there exist Adi Manikarnika Teerth.