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XX. Description of a Játrá, or Fair, which takes place annually at the Hot Wells, about fifty miles in a South-Easterly direction from Súrat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2009

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Curiosity to be a spectator of the celebration of a religious ceremony, which was reported to draw together annually from 100,000 to 200,000 persons, led me to the resolution of visiting the Hot Wells, situated at the foot of the hills, about fifty miles in. a south-easterly direction from this city.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1833

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