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GOLA

Pargana Haidaeabad

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large village in pargana Haidarabad, is situated pur to ShahjaLanpur.

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District Kheri. en the road from Lakhim-

There are four Hindu temples and four mosques. It has 10 sugar manuand a daily market also a special one on Tuesdays and ThursThe average sale days, in which articles of country consumption are sold. of European and native cotton fabrics and of salt is estimated at Rs. 200 and Rs. 300, respectively. There was a tahsil .station here formerly there is an Anglo-vernacular school and a charitable dispensary.

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Gola is very picturesquely situated at the base of a semicircle of small mostly covered with sdl forests. The Goshdin monastic body which is stationed here has built very numerous tombs in honour of its principal men. A new temple and masonry tombs have been built by subscription since annexation. A lake to the south adds to the prospect. Numerous ruined tombs crown the surrounding heights, and few more beautiful scenes can be witnessed in the Indian plain than the Gola Gokarannath fair on a hills,

summer

evening.

Mahadeo

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the main object of worship.

There are seventeen brick wells and thirty-five tanks. Gola is remarkable for an important Hindu fair in honour of Gokarannath Mahadeo. It is held in the month of Phagun as a It is celebrated twice every year. fair, and lasts for fifteen days. On this occasion about 75,000 persons assemble. In the month of Chait it is also celebrated for a Chatur-dashi About 100,000 persons assemble. On fair, which also lasts for 15 days. both occasions traders come from long distances, and so do pilgrims. The average price of articles sold at these fairs is estimated at Rs. 1,00,000. Population

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For an account of the worship at Gola, see

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article Kheri.