Vishwanathganj

Vishwanathganj (विश्वनाथगंज)
Shani Dev Temple at Kushfara village
Vishwanathganj Location of Vishwanathganj in Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates: 25°48′06″N 81°56′07″E / 25.801804°N 81.935177°E / 25.801804; 81.935177Coordinates: 25°48′06″N 81°56′07″E / 25.801804°N 81.935177°E / 25.801804; 81.935177
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Pratapgarh
Government
• Type	Vidhan Sabha
• MLA	Rakesh Kumar Verma
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Time zone	Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30)
Postal Code	230404
Telephone Code	05342
Vehicle Registration	UP 72
Website	Vishwanathganj

Vishwanathganj is a town in Pratapgarh district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an assembly constituency in Pratapgarh affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha.

Geography

Vishwanathganj is located at 25°48′28″N 81°35′33″E / 25.80766°N 81.59256°E / 25.80766; 81.59256.^[1] Bakulahi river also flows here.

Shani Dev Temple

Famous Shani Dev Temple of Kushfara, Vishwanathganj, Pratapgarh

Lord Shani's statue in Shani Dham	View of river Bakulahi from the Shani Dev Temple

Shani Dev Dham, the temple dedicated to Shani Dev, is located at a distance of about 51 km from Allahabad, 16 km from Pratapgarh, 116 km from Ayodhya, & 3 km from Vishwanathganj in Kushfara village. Hanuman and Manokamana temples are also situated in the same premises. Every Saturday people throng in large numbers & perform special worship here. Navratri is also celebrated here. On the third day of Kartik month a Rathyatra is also organized here.^[2]

Election synopsis

Vishwanathganj is one of the Vidhan Sabha of Pratapgarh. Raja Ram Pandey^[3] is current Member of Legislative Assembly from the constituency.

Transport

Viswanathganj is its own railway station. It belongs to Northern Railway, Lucknow . Neighbourhood stations are Dhirganj, Near By major railway station is Mughal Sarai junction and Airport is Bamrauli Airport.^[4]

References

External links

• Vishwanathganj on Google Map