Jejuri

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Jejuri

Town in the Purandhar taluka of Poona District, Bombay, situated in 18 degree 16' N. and 74°9’ E., on the Southern Mahratta Railway. Population (1901), 2,871. It is a place of Hindu pilgrimage. The municipality was established in 1868, to take charge of the sanitary arrangements during the religious fairs to which the village owes its importance. The fairs are in honour of the god Khandoba. A pilgrim tax is levied for four months, from about December to April. The average income during the decade ending 1901 was Rs. 5,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 4,700. The town contains a dispensary and a school, managed by the Poona Native Institution, with 182 boys and 9 girls.