burning ghat
noun
: a level space at the head of a ghat for cremation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Waving away pyre smoke at the riverbank, the homeless priest Pandey explained how the fires of Varanasi’s burning ghats were virtually eternal—rekindled from ember to ember across thousands of continuous years of cremations. 
Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2019 On our last afternoon, a small group of us take a boat to the burning ghats. Skye Mcalpine, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2018
Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2019 On our last afternoon, a small group of us take a boat to the burning ghats. Skye Mcalpine, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2018 Word History
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above