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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
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town of
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British
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India, in
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Baroda
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state, near the extremity of the
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peninsula of
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Kathiawar, Bombay . Pop . (1901) 7535 . As the birthplace and
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residence of
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Krishna, it is the most sacred spot in this
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part of India, and its
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principal
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temple is visited annually by many thousand pilgrims . The approach from the
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sea is by a
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fine
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flight of
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stone steps, and the
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great
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spire rises to a height of 15o ft .

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