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VIROOL
Virool is a village of 2,787 inhabitants in Arvi tahsil, situated 16 miles south of Arvi on the Pulgaon-Arvi road. It is also a railway station on the Pulgaon-Arvi section of the Central Railway which runs virtually parallel to the road. The village has a tomb to one Abaji Maharaj worshipped both by the Hindus and the Muhammedans. The Maharaj belonged to a Kunbi family which was granted the village of Nagjheri for the maintenance of the tomb. The old Wardha Gazetteer states, " The proprietors have an old copper-leaf record, much defaced, in the Modi character which relates to the grant to them of the Birul village and paragana." In honour of Abaji Maharaj a fair is held in the month of Kartika. By the side of this tomb there is yet another of Akaji Maharaj, probably a descendant of the earlier Abaji Maharaj. Some generations ago the family is said to have embraced Islam and taken to the practise of a curious mixture of Hindu and Muslim customs. Virool has an old ruined gadhi whose earth is used by the people for building mud-houses. The village has a middle school, a high school, a post office, a dispensary and a veterinary aid centre. Here is located one of the eight taluka seed-farms helping to multiply improved seed-varieties. A handloom cooperative, weaving cloth has recently been established here. Every Thursday a weekly market is held.
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