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| − | The '''Deogarh Town Tramway''' connected Baidyanathdham railway station close to [[Deogarh]] Town by a steam tramway. The principal object is the group of twenty-two temples dedicated to Siva, which form a centre of pilgrimage for Hindus from all parts of India <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_250.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 244; 1908]; Retrieved 26 Aug 2016</ref>.
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| − | The tramway connected to the [[Deogarh Railway]] which served one of the most important Hindu pilgrimage centres in India, located in the town of [[Deogarh]]; now known as Deoghar also known as Baidyanathdham which is now the name of the terminus <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoghar Wikipedia "Deoghar"]; Retrieved 26 Aug 2016</ref>
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| − | Baidyanathdham railway station was the terminus of the [[Deogarh Railway]], a short 4.12 mile (6.4km) line which branched off the [[East Indian Railway]] at Jasidih, on the EIR main line between [[Madhupur]] and [[Luckeeserai]] <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n62/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 54, pdf page 62. ''Note Deoghur is incorrect spelling'']; Retrieved 26 Aug 2016</ref>
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| − | *Deogarh – ''is used in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]], 1908 which we take as the definitive spelling.''
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| − | *Deoghar – ''is the modern spelling''
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| − | *Deoghur – ''is only used in the 1918 Administration Report on Railways and appears to be incorrect
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