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About
Gola Gokaran Nath or Gola is the city, municipal board, thana and tehsil in Lakhimpur Kheri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Gola Gokaran Nath is famous for its Shiva Temple and BHL sugar mill. Gola Gokaran Nath is also popularly known as Chhoti Kashi

Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Gola Gokaran Nath has a population of 60,172, of which 31,415 are males while 28,757 are females. The population of Children with age 0-6 is 6740 which is 11.20% of the total population of Gola Gokaran Nath (NPP). In Gola Gokaran Nath Nagar Palika Parishad, the female sex ratio is 915 against the state average of 912. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Gola Gokaran Nath is around 891 compared to the Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The literacy rate of Gola Gokaran Nath city is 81.85% higher than the state average of 67.68%. In Gola Gokaran Nath, Male literacy is around 86.24% while female literacy rate is 77.07%.

History
It is believed that the current town was two towns, one called Gokaran Nath (current Shiva temple) and the other one called Gollihara. The famine in Gollihara caused the general population to shift close to the temple. With time, it got changed to Golli, and then to Gola. The new town thus formed due to the merger of these two towns (or villages) was called Gola Gokaran Nath.
There is a view that in the 1700s end or 1800s, some people who were designated as criminals by the British, settled in and around the temple as Sadhus to escape them. Due to this, there was pressure from the British on the Mohammadi riyaasat, as it was a part of Mohammadi. The king of Mohammadi left this town due to this and stopped collecting revenue regularly. Later, it was incorporated into the Kheri district by the British.

Dharmik (Religious)
During the great war of Ramayana in Treta Yuga Ravana pleased Lord Shiva with his penance so that he could win the war against Lord Rama. Lord Shiva took the shape of a Shiv-ling and directed him to install that Shiva-ling in Lanka. But Lord Shiva proposed the condition that Shiv-Ling should not be put on the Earth on its way to Lanka. But on the way back, Ravana had to give the Shiva ling to a shepherd to attend to nature's call. Shiva increased the weight of the Shiva-ling, so the shepherd had to give up and put the Ling on the ground. This made Ravana very angry as he understood the trickery of Lord Shiva. Ravana realized that Lord Shiva did not want the Ling to be carried to Lanka and let Ravana win the war. Enraged Ravana pressed the Ling with his thumb resulting in an impression that looked like a cow's ear (गौ-कर्ण). It is on this basis that the place was named Gola Gokaran Nath.

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