Sankhamul ghats

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Sankhamul ghats are a series of traditional riverfront steps and cremation sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, used for Hindu religious rituals and ceremonies along the Bagmati River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sankhamul ghat 1
Sankhamul ghats canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu cremation site ⓘ
pilgrimage place ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
riverfront steps ⓘ
adjacentTo urban residential areas of Kathmandu ⓘ
altName Sankhamul cremation ghats ⓘ
Sankhamul ghat ⓘ
linked to: Sankhamul ghats
country Nepal ⓘ
culturalSignificance site for last rites and ancestor rituals ⓘ
traditional riverfront ritual space ⓘ
environmentalIssue water pollution in Bagmati River ⓘ
hasPart pyre platforms ⓘ
riverfront terraces ⓘ
stone steps ⓘ
heritageStatus traditional religious site (not formally UNESCO listed) ⓘ
languageUsed Nepali ⓘ
locatedIn Bagmati Province ⓘ
Kathmandu ⓘ
Kathmandu District ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Bagmati River ⓘ
near Sankhamul bridge ⓘ
linked to: Sankhamul Bridge
partOf Bagmati River sacred landscape ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
servesCommunity Hindu communities of Kathmandu ⓘ
usedFor Hindu cremation rituals ⓘ
Hindu religious ceremonies ⓘ
funeral rites ⓘ
ritual bathing ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Bagmati River → religiousSiteOnBanks → Sankhamul ghats ⓘ
Sankhamul ghats → altName → Sankhamul ghat ⓘ
linked to: Sankhamul ghats