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| Incidentally,
Sonepur railway station had the longest platform in the world, being 2,415 feet in length,
but it lost this distinction in 1950. Storvik, a station in Sweden, and the longest of
Storvik’s platforms being 2,470 feet now take its place. Sonepur village is in the
Sadar subdivision of Saran district. There is a police thana, a post and telegraph office
and a well-appointed large Inspection Bungalaw. Rickshaws and ekkas are available to go
to the Hariharnath temple, which is about amile from the railway station. Sonepur is a
growing town now. There are some dharmashala. At the time of the Sonepur mela the whole
area of about four square miles becomes a canvas town. Thousands of people pass several
days in the tents and in the open air. Hundreds of shops function. Several lakhs of people
visit the Hariharnath temple during the month of Kartik and offer oblations. The mela is
entirely due to the puja of Lord Hariharnath for which people come. |
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