Old Karimganj
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Coordinates: 24°47′39″N 84°59′28″E / 24.79417°N 84.99111°E | |
Country | India |
State | Bihar |
City | Gaya |
Government | |
• Body | Gaya Nagar Nigam |
Language | |
• Official | Hindi, Urdu |
• Spoken | Magadhi, Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 |
PIN | 823001 |
Old Karimganj ( Hindi: पुरानी करीमगंज, IAST: Purānī Karīmagaṃja; Urdu: پرانی کریم گنج, romanized: Purānī Karīmganj), also spelled as Old Kareemganj or simply Karimganj, is a residential neighborhood under the Civil Lines thana [1] zone of Gaya, Bihar, India, inhabited mostly by Muslims. [2] Forming the eastern wing of the larger Karimganj neighborhood, it shares its proximity with New Karimganj neighborhood to the west [3] and Jagdeo Nagar to the north. The locality is popular for serving the Karimganj Cemetery [2] and infamous for its congested alleyways and poor drainage infrastructure. [4] [5]
Old Karimganj is the literal translation of Hindi-Urdu Purānī Karīmganj. The Hindi-Urdu purānī ( Hindi: पुरानी; Urdu: پرانی) literally means "old" meanwhile the Arabic word karīm ( Arabic: كَرِيم) translates to "kind" or "noble" whereas the Middle Persian word ganj ( Persian: گنج) means "treasured place" or "neighborhood".