PLACES

GHOGAS PARGANV

Ghogas Parganv, with 1,331 inhabitants in 1961 is a village in Gevrai tahsil and was said to be the capital of one Raja by name Ghogas. A stone seat is pointed out by the local people to be the throne of Raja Ghogas. There is also a Hemadpanti temple on one of whose pillars there is an illegible inscription. To the north of the village there is the temple of Parasar Rsi with a cistern nearby. It is 1.52 metres (5 ft.) in diameter and always contains Water. There is a gomukh to this cistern from which there is a perennial flow of water. It is spoken of as the kamandalu of the sage Parasar and the village is often referred to as Kamandalu Parganv.