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'''Vishwanathganj''' is a town in [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is an assembly [[constituency]] in [[Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pratapgarh]] affiliated to [[Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Vishwanathganj is located at {{coord| 25.80766|N|81.59256|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.indiamapia.com/Pratapgarh/Vishwanathganj.html India Mapia, Vishwanathganj]</ref> [[Bakulahi River|Bakulahi]] river also flows here.<br />
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=== Tourism ===<br />
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=== Shani Dev Temple ===<br />
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|+Famous Shani Dev Temple of Kushfara, Vishwanathganj, Pratapgarh<br />
| style="width:30%; text-align:center;"|[[File:Shani Dev Temple, Pratapgarh.JPG|right|175px]]<br />
| style="width:30%; text-align:center;"|[[File:Bakulahi Riover, Shani Devi Temple.JPG|150px]]<br />
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|valign="top"|Lord [[Shani]]'s statue in Shani Dham<br />
|valign="top"|View of river [[Bakulahi River|Bakulahi]] from the Shani Dev Temple<br />
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Shani Dev Dham, the temple dedicated to [[Shani|Shani Dev]], is located at a distance of about 51&nbsp;km from [[Allahabad]], 16&nbsp;km from [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], 116&nbsp;km from [[Ayodhya]], & 3&nbsp;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 [[Kartika (month)|Kartik month]] a [[Rathyatra]] is also organized here.<ref>[http://www.easternuptourism.com/Shani-Dev-Dham.jsp Shani Dev Temple, Kushfara]</ref><br />
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== Election synopsis ==<br />
Vishwanathganj is one of the [[Vidhan Sabha]] of Pratapgarh. [[Raja Ram Pandey]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Furious Akhilesh Yadav sacks minister Rajaram Pandey for 'Madhuri cheeks' remark|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/furious-akhilesh-yadav-sacks-minister-rajaram-pandey-21879.html|access-date=15 April 2013|newspaper=IndiaTV|date=15 April 2013}}</ref> is current [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] from the constituency.<br />
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== Transport ==<br />
Viswanathganj is its own [[railway station]]. It belongs to Northern Railway, [[Lucknow]] . Neighbourhood stations are Dhirganj, Near By major railway station is [[Mughal Sarai]] and Allahabad<br />
junction and Airport is [[Bamrauli Airport]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://wikimapia.org/6594300/Vishwanath-Ganj-Mandhata-Road-4 Vishwanathganj] on [[Google Map]]<br />
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