{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox historic site | name = Gandhi Ghat | native_name = गांधी घाट | native_language = hi | native_name2 = | native_language2 = | native_name3 = | native_language3 = | other_name = | image = Gandhi Ghat2.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = View of Gandhi Ghat from river Ganges | locmapin = | map_relief = | map_width = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|25|37|18|N|85|10|20|E|}} | coord_ref = | gbgridref = | type = | etymology = | location = Patna | nearest_city = | area = | elevation = | height = | beginning_label = | beginning_date = | formed = | founded = | founder = | built = | built_for = | original_use = | demolished = | rebuilt = | restored = | restored_by = | current_use = | architect = | sculptor = | architecture = | visitors_num = | visitors_year = | visitors_ref = | governing_body = Patna Municipal Corporation | owner = | website = | designation1 = | designation1_offname = | designation1_type = | designation1_criteria = | designation1_date = | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = | designation1_free1name = | designation1_free1value = | designation1_free2name = | designation1_free2value = | designation1_free3name = | designation1_free3value = | designation2 = | designation2_offname = | designation2_type = | designation2_criteria = | designation2_date = | delisted2_date = | designation2_partof = | designation2_number = | designation2_free1name = | designation2_free1value = | designation2_free2name = | designation2_free2value = | designation2_free3name = | designation2_free3value = | designation3 = | designation3_offname = | designation3_type = | designation3_criteria = | designation3_date = | delisted3_date = | designation3_partof = | designation3_number = | designation3_free1name = | designation3_free1value = | designation3_free2name = | designation3_free2value = | designation3_free3name = | designation3_free3value = | designation4 = | designation4_offname = | designation4_type = | designation4_criteria = | designation4_date = | delisted4_date = | designation4_partof = | designation4_number = | designation4_free1name = | designation4_free1value = | designation4_free2name = | designation4_free2value = | designation4_free3name = | designation4_free3value = | designation5 = | designation5_offname = | designation5_type = | designation5_criteria = | designation5_date = | delisted5_date = | designation5_partof = | designation5_number = | designation5_free1name = | designation5_free1value = | designation5_free2name = | designation5_free2value = | designation5_free3name = | designation5_free3value = }}{{Short description|Place in Patna, Bihar}} '''Gandhi Ghat''' (Hindi: गांधी घाट) is one of the main ghats on the Ganges River in Patna. It is named after the Indian independence movement leader Mahatma Gandhi. The ghat is famous for its Evening Ganga Aarti.<ref>[https://blissfulbihar.com/gandhi-ghat/ Gandhi Ghat, Patna: A Symbol of India's Freedom Struggle]</ref> It is also associated with the immersion of ashes of Mahatma Gandhi in the Ganges.
==Location== Gandhi Ghat is situated on the bank of the Ganges. It is located behind National Institute of Technology, Patna and is around 5 kilometers north-east of Patna Junction railway station.<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Patna+Jn,+Station+Road,+Patna,+Bihar,+India/Gandhi+Ghat,+Mahendru+Road,+Behind+National+Institute+of+Technology+Patna,+Patna+University+Campus,+Mahendru,+Patna+University+Campus,+Patna,+Bihar+800005,+India/@25.5816914,85.0874057,13z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x39ed58688297a6f3:0x7b2558c82fd5ff4b!2m2!1d85.137137!2d25.6033028!1m5!1m1!1s0x39ed58dc91555555:0x303f3a1045be3c04!2m2!1d85.1723805!2d25.6218707!5i1 Location of Gandhi Ghat in Patna]</ref>
==Ganga Aarti== Ganga Aarti on Gandhi Ghat is performed with 51 lamps, by priests dressed in saffron robes. The Aarti starts with the blowing of a conch shell and continues with the movement of incense sticks in elaborate patterns and circling of large burning lamps that create a bright hue against the darkened sky. The ritual was started in 2011 on the lines of Ganga Aarti in Varanasi and Haridwar.
==Tourism== Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) operates MV Ganga Vihar from Gandhi Ghat. Ganga Vihar is a River Cruise ship with restaurant on-board also known as the floating restaurant. It runs Sunset Cruise and Leisure Cruise/Corporate Cruise with boarding for tourists from the ghat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Set Sail on |url=http://bstdc.bih.nic.in/paper%20clip/m%20v%20ganga%20vihar.pdf |type=pdf |work=Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation |access-date=22 June 2017 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155250/http://bstdc.bih.nic.in/paper%20clip/m%20v%20ganga%20vihar.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another vessel MV Kautilya was added in 2016 which is a cruise boat for tourist rides on river Ganges from Gandhi Ghat. The Tourism Department also plans to keep a floating jetty that would be placed at Gandhi Ghat, from where the two vessels operate.<ref>{{cite news|title= New cruise-boat for fun |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160602/jsp/bihar/story_88891.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607220350/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160602/jsp/bihar/story_88891.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 June 2016 |author=Piyush Kumar Tripathi |work=The Telegraph |date=2 June 2016 |access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref> ===Kite Festival=== BSTDC organises a kite festival on the Sabbalpur diara island, across the river on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. Festival first started in 2011 and has been organised every year since then.<ref>{{cite news|title=Look-up-at-the-sky days |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170114/jsp/bihar/story_130190.jsp |work=The Telegraph |author=Nishant Sinha |date=14 January 2017 |access-date=22 June 2017}}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==See also== *Ghats in Bhagalpur *Tourism in Patna
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{{Geographic location |Centre = '''Gandhi Ghat''' |North = Ganges |East = Rani Ghat, Patna |South = National Institute of Technology, Patna |West = Krishna Ghat, Patna }}
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