Other names Sati Chaura Ghat Country India District Kanpur Nagar | Proper name Massacre Ghat State Uttar Pradesh Number of temples 1 | |
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Devanagari सती चौरा घाट / मसकर घाट Address Nathusingh Rd, Kanpur Cantonment, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208004 Similar Nana Rao Park, Kanpur Memorial Church, Phool Bagh, JK Temple, Kanpur Sangrahalaya | ||
Satti Chaura Ghat or Massacre GRT
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(Hindi: सती चौरा घाट / मसकर घाट, कानपुर Satī Caurā Ghāţ / Masakar Ghāţ, Kānpur) is a famous ghat (riverbank steps) in Kanpur city, the industrial hub of Uttar Pradesh in North India. It is located on the bank of River Ganges in Kanpur near Jajmau.
Geography
The ghat is located on the southern bank of River Ganges and marks the northern boundary of Kanpur city.
River Ghats have been a traditional part of Indian religious life. They have served religious and community gathering purposes. When located on holy rivers like River Ganges, they often have attached temples dedicated to deities of the Hindu pantheon.
Sati Chaura Ghat has been an important maritime boarding point for the river route from Kanpur to Allahabad from pre colonial period. In recent years, after the acquisition of the surrounding areas by Cantonment Board and private industrialists, it has receded in its traditional historical importance as the center of urban life in the old city of Kanpur.
History
Satichaura or embankment of satis had been a place years ago some women had committed sati and in commemoration a small temple with stone steps along the bank to facilitate bathing, had been built.
The origins of the ghat date to pre-colonial times.
It was at this location that the initial momentous events of Indian Rebellion of 1857, named as Siege of Cawnpore in British colonial records, took place. The ghat was renamed as Massacre Ghat after the rebellion.
The siege
This Ghat has become historically important since the Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. On June 27, 1857, Kanpur (then spelled as Cawnpore) saw one of the grimmest stories of Indian history of independence. Around 300 British men, women and children were slaughtered at the Satti Chaura Ghat, later gaining identification as Massacre Ghat. Those who escaped the brutal fate that day were later killed at the Bibighar Massacre. The rebellion was believed to be led by Nana Sahib of Peshwa from which the Ghat was renamed as Nana Rao Ghat.
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Maintenance and Sponsors
The ghat is under the charge of the Kanpur Cantonment Board. It is still in use as a bathing and ritual ghat for local population.