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PANDHARPUR

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 675 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PANDHARPUR , a See also:

town of See also:British See also:India, in See also:Sholapur See also:district of Bombay, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Bhitna, 38 m. W. of Sholapur town. Pop. (1901), 32,405. Pandharpur is the most popular See also:place of See also:pilgrimage in the See also:Deccan, its celebrated See also:temple being dedicated to Vithoba, a See also:form of See also:Vishnu. Three assemblages are held annually. In 1906 a See also:light railway was opened to Pandharpur from See also:Barsi Road on the See also:Great See also:Indian See also:Peninsula railway.

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