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PLACES
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SHIROLI
Shiroli (Karvir T.; 16° 40' N; 74° 15' E; p. 2,174), is on the Pune Belganv road about six miles north-west of Kolhapur. In 1855, the village which was then almost entirely of thatched huts was destroyed by fire. Since the 1855 fire, many tiled houses have been built, several of them two-storeyed high. Siroli is a halting place on the journey from Poona to Belganv and has two rest-houses. The water is drawn from a reservoir near the village about twenty-four acres in area. Near Siroli the Pancaganga is crossed by an iron bridge close to which is a tomb in honour of Bale Pir where every April a fair or urus is held attended by about 10,000 people. In the centre of the village is a well-built temple of Sarvesvar.
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