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DWARAKA, DWARKA, or JIGAT

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 739 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DWARAKA, DWARKA, or JIGAT , a See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in See also:Baroda See also:state, near the extremity of the See also:peninsula of See also:Kathiawar, Bombay. Pop. (1901) 7535. As the birthplace and See also:residence of See also:Krishna, it is the most sacred spot in this See also:part of India, and its See also:principal See also:temple is visited annually by many thousand pilgrims. The approach from the See also:sea is by a See also:fine See also:flight of See also:stone steps, and the See also:great See also:spire rises to a height of 15o ft.

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