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Punjabi Bagh Shamshan Ghat — West Delhi’s Community-Run Moksha Dwar Since 1967

For nearly six decades, families across Punjabi Bagh, Paschim Vihar, Rajouri Garden, Ashok Vihar, Kirti Nagar, Moti Nagar and Tilak Nagar have chosen the Moksha Dwar grounds — officially named Moksha Dwar — as the ground where they say their final goodbye. Built in 1967 by the Punjabi refugee community that settled West Delhi after Partition and operated ever since by the Punjabi Bagh Co-operative Housing Society (PBCHS), this is one of the very few community-trust cremation grounds in Delhi. It is not MCD-managed — a distinction that shows in the discipline of the grounds, the neatness of the CNG furnace hall, the paved wood-pyre platforms and the presence of on-site multi-level parking. Ring Road runs along the boundary, which is why Last Ride Funeral can dispatch a hearse from any West Delhi address and reach the ghat in under an hour on almost any day of the week.

What Makes Punjabi Bagh Different — A Community Society, Not a Municipal Corporation

Almost every other cremation ground you have read about in Delhi is run by MCD (the unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi), SDMC before merger, or NDMC. Punjabi Bagh is the exception: it is owned and operated by the PBCHS community society. Practically, this means three things families notice. First, CNG cremation is offered free of charge at community rates — you only pay for our coordination, hearse, pandit and samagri. Second, there is a formal slip verification counter that runs from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM every day; if the death occurred outside a hospital, the cremation slip is verified during this window. Third, the ghat has four CNG furnaces capable of roughly 24 cremations a day — more than double the capacity of a two-furnace facility — so the waiting queue moves quickly even on peak Saturdays and religious dates.

Ring Road Access — Why West Delhi Families Prefer This Ground

This West Delhi crematorium opens directly onto Ring Road at the crossing of Road No. 7 and Road No. 24. That single geographic fact reshapes the family experience. A hearse leaving Sunder Lal Jain Hospital reaches the ghat in under 15 minutes. From Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Punjabi Bagh the drive is a five-minute service-lane trip. From Paschim Vihar or Rajouri Garden the door-to-ghat time on Ring Road is roughly 10 to 12 minutes even in evening traffic. Compare this with grounds on interior lanes where a hearse can lose half an hour weaving through markets; Punjabi Bagh’s frontage is one of the reasons families remember the day as calm rather than chaotic.

Complete Cremation Support at Punjabi Bagh by Last Ride Funeral

A booking with us is a full-service handover. Every family gets:

• Pre-cremation: mortuary or home body collection, freezer box if the ceremony is scheduled for the next morning, AC or non-AC hearse from anywhere in West Delhi, and complete PBCHS slip preparation.
• At the ghat: CNG furnace or wood-pyre choice locked at the PBCHS office, samagri arranged in advance, experienced pandit briefed on the family’s tradition (Punjabi Hindu, Punjabi Sikh, Arya Samaj, Sanatan Vedic, Marwari, Bengali), one to two helpers throughout the ritual.
• Post-cremation: asthi sanchayan the following morning (we can collect on your behalf if the family cannot return), asthi visarjan at Haridwar or Garhmukteshwar organised within the same week, and chautha or tehravin venue, pandit and prayer hall booking for the tenth or thirteenth day.
• Community traditions honoured: the Punjabi Bagh catchment is largely a Punjabi Hindu and Punjabi Sikh community rooted in the post-1947 refugee settlement, with sizeable Arya Samaj, Sanatan and Sindhi households. We keep pandits from each tradition on our roster, so the rituals your family expects are the rituals your family gets.

How to Book Cremation at Punjabi Bagh — 5 Steps

Whole sequence — from the first phone call to the family driving home after the cremation — is designed to finish inside a single half-day. Available 24×7 including overnight hospital-release cases.

1. Dial 9217179989 — reach the West Delhi coordinatorOur Punjabi Bagh coordinator picks up any hour. Share where the deceased is (home, Sunder Lal Jain Hospital, Maharaja Agrasen, private nursing home), preferred cremation window (same day, next morning, specific time), and family tradition so we can brief the right pandit.
2. PBCHS slip issued and slot lockedOur on-ground person at the PBCHS office fills the cremation slip, walks it through the 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM verification window if needed, and confirms your CNG furnace or wood-pyre slot within 30 minutes.
3. Hearse movement via Ring RoadA hearse van is dispatched immediately (with a freezer box if overnight). Door-to-ghat time is roughly 20 minutes from most Punjabi Bagh, Paschim Vihar and Rajouri Garden addresses and under 40 minutes from wider West Delhi.
4. Ceremony at Moksha DwarPandit performs the antim sanskar in your family tradition, samagri is on the platform, and the PBCHS cremation certificate is handed to our coordinator. Family focuses only on the ritual and the goodbye.
5. Asthi and after-careAsthi is collected the next morning (we can collect on your behalf), asthi visarjan at Haridwar or Garhmukteshwar organised the same week, and chautha or tehravin arrangements booked at your home or a nearby prayer hall.

Cost of Cremation at Punjabi Bagh — Package Breakdown

All-inclusive pricing. No hidden charges. PBCHS CNG counter fee is free; our package covers hearse, coordinator, samagri, pandit dakshina and paperwork. GST invoice provided on request.

Working with the PBCHS Office — What the Family Should Know

The PBCHS office at Punjabi Bagh follows a written community protocol. Cremation slips are filled and, for non-hospital deaths, verified during the 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM daily verification window. Slots then run in order of registration through the summer 9 AM–6:30 PM (or winter 9 AM–5:30 PM) window. The two peak periods are 10 to 11:30 AM (families arriving after morning hospital release) and 2:30 to 4:30 PM (afternoon home-death cases post-verification). Our coordinator arrives ahead of your target window, gets your slip in the queue, and only calls you to bring the hearse when the CNG furnace or wood-pyre platform is genuinely ready. This is simply how the PBCHS office is designed to work — families who try to walk in cold often lose half a day.

A Dignified Farewell, the West Delhi Way

The Moksha Dwar has earned its place across generations of West Delhi families because it is a community ground first, a business operation never. The PBCHS trust chose to keep the CNG cremation counter fee at community rates. The society reinvested to build multi-level parking so elderly relatives are not made to walk in the sun. The gates open at 9 AM sharp every day of the year. Last Ride Funeral exists so no West Delhi family has to learn the PBCHS slip protocol the hard way, on the worst day of their life. Whether the death happened at Sunder Lal Jain Hospital past midnight or at a Rajouri Garden home in the afternoon, one call to 9217179989 starts a sequence that ends with the family driving home the same evening — the goodbye complete, the rituals honoured, the dignity intact.