Kadod
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Kadod
Place of Hindu pilgrimage in the Broach taluka of Broach District, Bombay, situated in 21 degree 44' N. and 73 degree 8' E., on the right bank of the Narbadi, about half-way between the city of Broach and Suklatlrtha, The site of the fair is a very small hamlet with only twelve houses and a population (1901) of 53. The ceremonies, which occur once in every nineteen years when Vaishdkh (April-May) happens to be the intercalary month, are in honour of Mahadeo, under the name of Koteshwar or Kotilingeshwar, and last for a whole month. Mr. Williams in his Memoir on Broach mentions that one of the periodical gatherings took place in 181 2. In that year the total number of visitors was estimated at 200,000, and the most perfect order and good conduct are said to have been maintained by the crowd. In 1869 people began to collect on April 13, and all was not over till May 11; the greatest attendance at any one time was estimated at 100,000, and the total throughout the whole month at 500,000. The last fair was held in 1888, when the bed of the river was crowded with lingams, which the people in many cases carried away to their homes. During the time of the fair the pilgrims live in sheds and temporary huts. The Narbada flows close by the site of the fair ; but as the gathering takes place in the hot season, and below the limit of the tide, fresh water is hard to obtain. There is a temple at Kadod consisting of one chamber about 11 feet square, and entered by a door 5 feet 2 inches high and 3 feet 3 inches wide.
