Lakshmeshwar

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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.

Lakshmeshwar

Head-quarters of a subdivision of the same name in the Miraj State, Bombay, situated in 15^ 7' N. and 75° 31' E., about 40 miles south-east of Dharwar. Population (1901), 12,860. 'Weaving of cotton cloth is largely carried on. There are temples of Someshwar and Lakshmiling about a thousand \ears old, Jain bastis, and a Musalman mosque about four hundred years old. In honour of the god Someshwar a fair, attended by about 5,000 people, is held yearly on the tenth of the bright half of Vaishakh (May-June). About fitty inscriptions have been found referring to the early dynasties ruling in this part of the country. The town is administered as a municipality with an income in 1903-4 of Rs. 7,300.