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5 unusual facts about Jaunpur district


Banarasi saris

Most importantly this means that no sari or brocade made outside the six identified districts of Uttar Pradesh, that is Varanasi, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Jaunpur and Azamgarh districts, can be legally sold under the name of Banaras sari and brocade.

The sari making is more of a cottage industry for about 12 lakh people associated directly or indirectly with the handloom silk industry of the region around Varanasi encompassing Gorakhpur, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Jaunpur and Azamgarh districts.

Jaunpur district

The Shahi Pul is a bridge over the Gomti river at Jaunpur township.

The Jama mosque is another of the Sharqi dynasty period, started by Ibrahim and after a number of construction phases, completed by Hussain.

Firoz Shah III began the construction of the Atala mosque in 1393 on the site of the Atala Devi temple which he had demolished in 1376.



see also

Baragaon

Baragaon, Jaunpur, a village in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India