Lakadiya
Lakadiya or Lakadia is a village in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch district of Gujarat, India.
History
Lakadiya is a walled town said to have been settled in 1578 by Oswals from Kanthkot and Katariya. The town has a saint known as the Lakadiya Pir, who has a cloth-covered tomb, 38 1⁄2 feet long by three broad, and a tower, forty-four feet high and thirty feet round, crowned with a domed canopy. The tower was built by Jadeja Devaji in 1759 (Samvat 1816).[1]
References
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880. p. 232.
- This article incorporates Public Domain text from Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880. p. 232.
Coordinates: 23°20′49″N 70°34′52″E / 23.346895°N 70.581091°E
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