A History of the Mahrattas v2.c55.49

v2.c55.49

³ [Sirūr (Seroor), or Godnadi, is thirty-six miles north-east of Poona, and thirty-four miles south-west of Ahmadnagar. At present the garrison of Sirūr consists of a regiment of Indian cavalry. In the cemetery of Sirūr is the tomb of Colonel W. Wallace (1809), who is still remembered and spoken of by the inhabitants as Sat Purush, ‘the holy man.’ Except Brahmans and Mārwādis, all the Hindus of Sirūr and neighbouring villages worship at Colonel Wallace’s tomb. At harvest-time the villagers bring the first-fruits of grain as naivedya, or food for the saintly spirit. (I.G. Bom., 1909, i. 532.)]