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Pilauda
Pilauda is a village in the district of Gangapur City, Tehsil being Wazirpur in the state of Rajasthan of republic of India. The village is one of the largest in the district. The village has a population of more than 6,038 the majority of them being tribal (Meena), with over 2,000 houses. The village exhibits typical features of the tribal villages of Rajasthan. It has a number of satellite puras which are small constellations of houses in the radial settlement fashion. It is well connected through rail and road having its own broad gauge railway station located between Shri Mahavirji and Gangapur city Railway Station. The pilgrimage site of Ma Lahkod Devi has its holy pond nearby attracting crowd of devotees, especially during the month of April on the day of Durgaastmi and Shri Ram Navami, as a local fair is organized with a number of inter-village competitions such as wrestling or kushti, camel race, bull race, swimming, and cycling. There are a huge number of devotees of Ma lahkod, a number of whom give tilakdanda by lying prostrate, making lines with their hands in that position, advancing up to the line drawn and repeating this procedure till they reach the temple, from their homes. The economy of the village is centered on agriculture and allied activities.…
Article summary
Pilauda is a village in the district of Gangapur City, Tehsil being Wazirpur in the state of Rajasthan of republic of India. The village is one of the largest in the district. The village has a population of more than 6,038 the majority of them being tribal (Meena), with over 2,000 houses. The village exhibits typical features of the tribal villages of Rajasthan. It has a number of satellite puras which are small constellations of houses in the radial settlement fashion. It is well connected through rail and road having its own broad gauge railway station located between Shri Mahavirji and Gangapur city Railway Station. The pilgrimage site of Ma Lahkod Devi has its holy pond nearby attracting crowd of devotees, especially during the month of April on the day of Durgaastmi and Shri Ram Navami, as a local fair is organized with a number of inter-village competitions such as wrestling or kushti, camel race, bull race, swimming, and cycling. There are a huge number of devotees of Ma lahkod, a number of whom give tilakdanda by lying prostrate, making lines with their hands in that position, advancing up to the line drawn and repeating this procedure till they reach the temple, from their homes. The economy of the village is centered on agriculture and allied activities.…
Key claims
- members: 5 meters — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the members is "5 meters". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374905136
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