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PLACES
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KHATGUN
Khatgun (Khatav T; 17° 40' N, 74° 20' E; RS. Koreganv 14 m. NW; p. 1,682). In Khatav is a small village on the right bank of the Yerla eleven miles north of Vaduj. Not far from village is the weir, whence start the two original Yerla canals connected with the Nher storage tank [Details of the Yerla canals and the Nher storage reservoir are given above in the Chapter ' Agriculture and Irrigation'.]. In the south-west corner of the village is the shrine of a Musalman saint or pir, a small mosque but with an inner chamber much like a Hindu shrine or gabhara, which contains the tomb of the saint. The saint lived and died at Vadganv thirteen miles south-west of Vaduj and a hybrid-mosque temple at Khatav was built in his honour by his Hindu disciple. The mosque is in a fairly good condition and repairs are regularly made to it. A fair in honour of the saint is held at Khatgun in March when about 40 to 50 thousand Musalmans and Hindus attend.
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