This is a large agricultural town lying in latitude 25.10

North and longitude 82.31 East, (a part of Mirzapur- cum-

Vindhyachal municipal board) 11 Km. west of Mirzapur with

which it is connected by a metalled road.

                              Vindhyachal during Navratra Mela    

        The ancient town of  Vindhyachal, famous in the Puranas,

       is said to have been included  within the circuit of the

ancient city of Pampapura.Pampapura is supposed to have

been an old Bhar city covering several Km.of area. Tradition

says that this city once possessed 150 temples, all of which

were destroyed by Aurangzeb.The place is celebrated as

containing the shrine of the goddess Vindhyeshwari Devi

, which is visited by thousands of pilgrims annually from all

parts of India ,especially central and southern India.The

temple ,  which is built of stone is of rectangular form,

surrounded by a verandah, the whole encompassed by a flight

of five steps.

The roof is flat and the pillars that support it interior

chamber of it  of plain and coarse workmanship. The image of

the goddess is in an interior chamber of small size, the walls

being constructed of large coarse stones. The head of the

figure is of black stone with large eyes, the whites of which

are formed of plates of burnished silver, and the feet rest on

black rat. The building must be one of great antiquity . On the

river front is the devighat, a fort like structure  adorned with

six bastions, which just out into the river and has a flight of

about 80 steps . From this a long narrow paved street leads

to the temple which is about 8 Km. distant.

            The place contains post office , a police station , a