The description of this pilgrimage is also found in Hindu scriptures, lakhs of devotees come here during Sawan and Mahashivratri to have darshan of Lord Shiva.

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.

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.

Enraged Ravana pressed the Ling with his thumb resulting in an impression that looked like a cow's ear (गौ-कर्ण).

The site selected for the first plant was at Gola Gokaran Nath in the district Lakhimpur Kheri in the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh (UP), an area rich in sugar cane.

In the initial few years, the major output was in the form of power alcohol as an additive to petrol, which was then in short supply.

Another sugar plant with a cane crushing capacity of 1400 TCD was set up in 1972 at Palia Kalan, a giant sugarcane supplying center at a distance of about 70 kilometres (43 mi) from Gola Gokaran Nath.

There are direct trains to Lucknow, Barabanki, Gonda, Sitapur, Lakhimpur, Howrah, West Bengal, VARANASI CITY, UTTAR PRADESH, RAMNAGAR, UTTRAKHAND and Gorakhpur.

Regular Ordinary buses/AC Shatabdi Buses runs from Delhi, Lucknow, Lakhimpur, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Bareilly are available for Gola Gokarannath round the clock.

Direct flights are available to and from Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Jaipur, Pune and other important cities of the country.