Amethi is one of the 75 districts of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh. It covers an area of 2,329.11 km2. Gauriganj is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Image: Kohra Rajmahal Dec 2022
Image: Amethi Railway Station
Image: Main Hostel Building
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Gauriganj is a city, municipal corporation, tehsil and administrative headquarters of Amethi district in Ayodhya division, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated about 126 km from the state capital Lucknow. Before July 2010, it was part of Sultanpur district. After that Gauriganj, Amethi, Jais, Jagdispur and Salon formed a new district Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Nagar, later named Gauriganj and now Amethi. Gauriganj is connected with State Highway 34 and National Highway 128.
Gauriganj skyline
An illustrated manuscript of the epic poem Padmavat, by Malik Muhammad Jayasi (c. 1750)
Bhandara at Baba Balak Das Ashram, Stage (2011)
Bhandara at Baba Balak Das Ashram (2011)