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NANDIAL-NANDIDRUG. 191 festival, is attended by 50,000 persons, and lasts for 9 days. The best bullocks bred in the country are brought here for sale, to the number of 10,000. For inany years prizes were distributed by Government on this occasion. The spirit of competition was most gratifying, and no owners in any part of the world could have been more eager to attract attention than the riyats at Nandi.' As much as £100 is sometimes offered for a pair of draught bullocks. Since 1874, the Government Cattle Show has been transferred to Bangalore. Nandiál. — Tuluk or Sub-division of Karnúl (Kurnool) District, Madras Presidency. Area, about 894 square miles. Population (1881) 78,282, namely, 39,688 males and 38,594 females, dwelling in i town and or villages, containing 17,143 houses. Hindus numbered 65,705; Muhammadans, 10,935; and Christians, 1642. In 1883 the tíluk contained i civil and 3 criminal courts; police circles (thánás), 14; regular police, 102 men. Land revenue, £18,806. Nandiál (from Mandi, The Bull,' the form in which Siva is worshipped in the Ceded Districts and Mysore). — Town in Karnúl (Kurnool) District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 15° 29' 30" N., long. 78° 31' 40" L. Population (1881) 8907, occupying 2005 houses. Hindus numbered 5749; Muhanmadans, 3112 ; and Christians, 46. Nandiál is the head-quarters of Nandiál túluk, and also of a Deputy Collector and other European officers. It contains 9 Sivaite pagodas, and is a prosperous place, surrounded by highly cultivated fields. Nandiálampett (Mundial).-Town in Cuddapah (Kadapa) District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 14° 43' 30" N., long. 78° 52' 15" E. Population (1881) 3110; number of houses, 876. Nandiálampett was formerly a place of some importance, but now is oniy a moderate sized agricultural village. Nandidrúg (undydroog).—Division in the State of Mysore, comprising the three Districts of BANGALORE, KOLAR, and TUMKUR, each of which see separately. Area of Nandidrúg Division, 8212 square miles; 7728 towns and villages; 276,921 occupied and 68,091 unoccupied houses. Population (1871) 2,073,547 ; (1881) 1,543,451, namely, 762,266 males and 781,185 females. Number of persons per square mile, 188; towns and villages per square mile, o'9; occupied houses per square mile, 31°4; and persons per occupied house, 5'5. Hindus numbered 1,428,651 ; Muhammadans, 93,385 ; Christians, 21,389; Pársís, 11; Buddhists, 9; and Sikhs, 6. The Division was formed in 1863, by the addition of Túmkúr to what had been previously known as the Bangalore Division. Nandidrúg (literally "The Hill Fort of Nandi,' the sacred bull of Siva).- Fortified hill in Kolár District, Mysore State; 31 miles north of Bangalore, 4810 feet above sea-level. Lat. 13° 22' 17" N., long. 77° 43' 38" E. The summit forms an extensive plateau, in the centre of