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PLACES
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SAJGAON
Sajganv (Khalapur Peta; p. 155; RS. Khopoli, 3 m.), three miles
south of Khalapur, has a shrine of Vithoba, [The tradition is that a devotee of Vithoba used to live here and g o every year to Pandharpur to worship. When he grew too old to m;ke the Pilgrimage, Vithoba appeared to him in a dream and comforted him, telling him that his worshipper would find him here as well as in Pandharpur.] where every Novem-ber (Kartik) a fair is held, which lasts for about fifteen days, and
is attended by about 20,000 persons, chiefly Agris, Kunbis, Thakurs, and Katkaris.
Shopkeepers come mainly from Taleganv in the Deccan and from Kalyan, Cauk, and Pen. Dry fish,[So large is the sale of dry fish that the God is called dry fish or Bombil Vithoba.] rough blankets and bullocks are mainly sold and purchased at the market. The temple is managed by the Sajganv Yatra Committee.
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