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 BIR and country-cloth. The NSiks pur barae, have annual dealings

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of Chahora, and the XJpdddhias of in cattle to a small amount.

Eam-

Town.

Baskhiri

The

trade the pargana, such

Hans war Sultanpur

...

Chahora Ajmerpur

...

of

Badahahpur...

as

Chandipur Kstmnagar

confined to the bazars

.,. ...

-Korahi

it

is,

is

Daydram Lala ka Bazar

marginally

Mausdrganj...

noted; there are no large towns.

Shekohpur Malpura

...

Muinuddmpur

Fairs and Shrines.

—

The FaqCr's Tanh and Tomb, Ahraula. Gobind Dds, a renowned menis snid to have settled here and to have dug this tank 70 years ago. He also built the tomb in which his ashes were placed. The tomb is known as a Samadh, a term which is generally applied to the restingplace of one who has been voluntarily buried alive, but in this instance it On the 25th of Aghan, a fair is annually held, when is a misnomer. several thousand persons assemble to bathe and make offerings. Sales are effected of cooking utensils, cloth, and sweetmeats during the three or dicant,

four days that the fair

lasts.

—The former

Thdkurdwdra and Shi/wdla, Chahora. cated to the sacred and glorious memory of

of these was dedi-

Ram Chandar and other favorite

incarnations of the deity, the latter for the worship of Mahadeo, by the prosperous family of dealers known locally as Naiks,* some 50 years ago. On the 13th of Phagun 3,000 or 4,000 persons assemble to bathe and commemorate the fast of Shiurattri, or the birth of Mahadeo. Eatables only are vended during the day. There is a smaller gathering on the 13th of every month.

.

—

Rdmhdgh, onauza Udechandpur. Twenty years ago, Ajudhia Singh, Palwar, voluntarily became a mendicant and assumed the name of U'de Das. The fame of his prophecies and miraculous cures spread far and wid e, and having taken up his residence in a grove on a high and picturesque kankar ridge on the right bank of the Gogra, he gave to the spot the name of Rambagh. He died 3 or 4 years ago, but 1,000 people still continue to flock to the place, rendered sacred by his fame and exemplary life, at the full moon of Kdrtik, and on the 24th of Chait, the birth-day of Rama, annually a smaller bathing takes place every Sunday.


 * For an account of these, see Mr. Carnegy's " Notes on the races, &o., of Ondh,''