>Missjaenna at 12:29, 1 May 2021

2021-05-01T12:29:38Z

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{multiple issues|
{{unreferenced|date=April 2010}}
{{Cleanup rewrite|date=March 2010}}
{{Orphan|date=September 2014}}
}}
{{Infobox settlement

| name =
Dhandwar
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = 
| settlement_type =
| image_skyline = Shrine 2014-01-03 15-15.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| flag_alt =
| image_seal =
| seal_alt =
| image_shield =
| shield_alt =
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_map =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name2 = [[Phillaur]]
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = [[Jalandhar]]
| established_title =
| established_date =
| founder =
| seat_type =
| seat =
| government_footnotes =
| leader_party =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| unit_pref = Metric


| area_footnotes =
| area_urban_footnotes = 
| area_rural_footnotes = 
| area_metro_footnotes = 
| area_magnitude = 
| area_note =
| area_water_percent =
| area_rank =
| area_blank1_title =
| area_blank2_title =

| area_total_km2 =
| area_land_km2 =
| area_water_km2 =
| area_urban_km2 =
| area_rural_km2 =
| area_metro_km2 =
| area_blank1_km2 =
| area_blank2_km2 =

| area_total_ha =
| area_land_ha =
| area_water_ha =
| area_urban_ha =
| area_rural_ha =
| area_metro_ha =
| area_blank1_ha =
| area_blank2_ha =
| length_km =
| width_km =
| dimensions_footnotes =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes =
| population_total =
| population_as_of =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_note =
| timezone1 =
| utc_offset1 =
| timezone1_DST =
| utc_offset1_DST =
| postal_code_type =
| postal_code =
| area_code_type =
| area_code =
| iso_code =
| website = {{URL|www.facebook.com/dhandwars}}
}}

'''Dhandwar''' is a village or Pind, which comes under [[Jalandhar]] district, Tehsil [[Phillaur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India. It is near Dosanjh Kalan and Apra. Dhandwar is a very old village. The surname Dhandwar is 2 familes made this village. As per the voter list of September 2018 around 1150 people are above 18 age live in the village. The village contains a collaboration of all religions and they all living together happily with maintained peace.
Dhandwar is also known as Dhandwara is well.

[[File:People old picture.jpg|thumbnail]]

== Sports ==
A [[kabbadi]] [[mela]] (festival) is held every year in Dhandwar. It is one of the biggest kabbadi tournaments in Punjab, all international clubs play at Dhandwar. Every year-end of 24, 25 and 26 December. The tournament has been held at the Dhandwar school ground since 1957, village motive is to protect youth from drugs. Also, many adults and youth play cricket on the village ground and on the ground of bava nand gir ji.

Cricket, football, handball, volleyball, badminton, and Kabbadi are played in the village. There is a gym for youths.

This tournament is held every year in order to woo young people. This village is also suffering from use of Drugs by some youngsters.
[[File:KAbaddi.jpg|thumbnail]]

== Mela ==
This year, famous singer Veet Baljit is going to the function on 28 Dec 2018.
After the kabbadi tournament, a Mela is held on 27 December or sometimes 28 December, it is a huge Mela of Bava Nand Girji.
A huge number of people gather here every year in order to celebrate Mela, which was started before 1900. Many famous Punjabi singers perform here live every year to perform. Name Artist which already performed well such as Kulwinder Billa, Gippy Grewal, Harbhajan Mann, Manmohan Waris, Randhawa brothers, Gagan Kokri, Geeta Zaildar, Nisha Bano, [[K. S. Makhan]], [[Kuldeep Manak]], Yudvir Manak, Mohumad sadik, Rai jujar, Kuldeep Rasila, Shera jasbir, Botu shah and Kaka shah, Deep Dhillon & Jasmeen jassi, Sabar Koti, Satwinder Bitti, Satwinder Buga, Jelly Manjitpuri, Ranvir dusanj, Preet brar, and many more. In 2004, the [[List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]] Parkash Singh Badal came to this village.

[[File:Village mela.jpg|thumbnail]]

== History ==
Baba Nand Gir temple; In the 17th or 18th century a ''[[Baba (honorific)|baba]]'' (holy saint) lived in the village and when the rain failed to come the baba prayed to God for rain and did not eat anything for a month. When the rain came the baba was dead; the temple was made for his honor.

There are two [[gurdwaras]], one of this is Sikh temple and other one is Guru Ravidass gurudwara. There are also one [[Hindu temple|temple]], and two [[masjid]]s (mosques) in the village.

Currently, there is a panchayat system running as according to Indian law.

[[File:SIKH TEMPLE.jpg|thumbnail]]

== Surname ==
Dhandwar surname is in the village but later they changed it to Madahar.
Now Dhandwar and Madahar are the same surnames, so some people write Dhandwar and some write Madahar.
Dhandwar surname people also live in Cheema, like Garhi maha Singh, a singer you know well. Geeta Zaildar is also from a surname, Dhandwar.

People with this surname belong to the Jat clan. Over thousands of people have this last name in Punjab. This caste originated in Jalandhar.

== Education ==

There is a primary school as well as a secondary school in the village alongside a playground. There is another school called Akal Academy on the outskirts of the village, which actually in the land of next the village Chak Desraj.
[[File:Secandary school.jpg|thumbnail]]
[[File:Primary school.jpg|thumbnail]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Harpreet Singh, H. S. (2014). Dhandwar History. Dhandwar Press. p. 1 to 60

== External links ==
*[https://www.facebook.com/dhandwars Official Facebook page]

{{coord|26|10|N|83|55|E|display=title|region:IN_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

{{Punjab (India)}}
{{Jalandhar district}}

[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]

Dhandwar - Revision history

>Missjaenna at 12:29, 1 May 2021