Historically, across Indian cities, ghats were built along riverbanks. Ghats are broad flights of steps that lead down to the riverbank for daily activities and rituals. In the center of Pune, along the banks of the Mutha river, one can see an old, almost fort-like stone structure on the riverbank. This structure is called Ghorpade Ghat. It is flanked by four bastions, a nagarkhana (a drum chamber), two circular rooms, and a flight of wide steps leading down toward the river. It is said that the ghat was built by…
