It is located in the Western Ghats.
The Western Ghats were conquered in the early sixties,
The Eastern Ghats too have become victims of denudation of forests.
only the ashes are dispersed into the river near these Ghats.
The Western Ghats are a chain of hills that run along the western
A breeding population in the Eastern Ghats of India, said to be introduced,
made its way through the Western Ghats at Bhor Ghat and onwards toward Karla,
25,000 to 30,000 bodies are cremated on various Varanasi Ghats; about an average of 80 per day.
The subspecies found in the Western Ghats is sometimes separated as tehminae(named after the wife of Salim Ali)
cremation is one of the rites of passage and the Ghats of Varanasi are considered one of the auspicious locations for this ritual.