Ganga river ghats

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Hindu pilgrimage place riverfront steps sacred site

Ganga river ghats are a series of sacred riverfront steps and platforms along the Ganges, especially in cities like Varanasi and Patna, used for religious rituals, bathing, and festivals.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ganga ghats of Varanasi 1
Ganga river ghats canonical 1
Ganga riverfront 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu pilgrimage place ⓘ
riverfront steps ⓘ
sacred site ⓘ
activity immersing idols ⓘ
lighting lamps ⓘ
offering prayers ⓘ
performing last rites ⓘ
performing puja ⓘ
associatedWithConcept moksha ⓘ
purification ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganga
culturalSignificance center of riverine urban life ⓘ
site of traditional music and performance ⓘ
environmentalIssue solid waste accumulation ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Hindus ⓘ
heritageStatus important part of Ganges riverfront heritage ⓘ
hostFestival Chhath Puja ⓘ
Diwali ⓘ
surface form: Dev Deepawali

Ganga Aarti ⓘ
Kumbh Mela ⓘ
locatedInCountry India ⓘ
locatedOn Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River
majorCityAlong Haridwar ⓘ
Kanpur ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata

Patna ⓘ
Allahabad ⓘ
surface form: Prayagraj

Rishikesh ⓘ
Varanasi ⓘ
notableGhatAtHaridwar Har Ki Pauri ⓘ
notableGhatAtVaranasi Assi Ghat ⓘ
Dashashwamedh Ghat ⓘ
Harishchandra Ghat ⓘ
Manikarnika Ghat ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
subjectOf photography and visual arts ⓘ
religious literature and travel writing ⓘ
timeOfIntenseUse major Hindu festivals ⓘ
sunrise ⓘ
sunset ⓘ
tourismAttractionType cultural tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
typicalStructure platforms for rituals ⓘ
stone steps leading to water ⓘ
usedFor boat embarkation ⓘ
cremation ceremonies ⓘ
festival celebrations ⓘ
religious rituals ⓘ
ritual bathing ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chhath Puja → majorLocation → Ganga river ghats ⓘ
Kashi Vishwanath Temple → corridorConnectsTo → Ganga river ghats ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganga riverfront
Varanasi district → knownFor → Ganga river ghats ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghats of the Ganges
Manikarnika Ghat → isPartOf → Ganga river ghats ⓘ
this entity surface form: ghats of Varanasi
Vishwanath Gali → nearbyLandmark → Ganga river ghats ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganga ghats of Varanasi