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Country
  
India

Tehsil
  
Phillaur

Region
  
Punjab

District
  
Jalandhar

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Website
  
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Dhandwar is a village or Pind in Jalandhar district, Tehsil Phillaur, Punjab, India. It is near Dosanjh Kalan and Apra. Dhandwar is very old village, the surname Dhandwar is 2 family made this village. More than 2000 people live in the village.The best thing in this village is collaboration of the all religions,all people what ever cast they are live together happily with peace. Dhandwar is also known as Dhandwara.

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Sports

Every year a kabbadi mela (festival) is held every year in Dhandwar. It is one of the biggest kabbadi tournaments in Punjab, all international clubs playes at Dhandwar. Ever year end of December 24, 25 and 26. The tournament has been held at the Dhandwar school ground since 1965, 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 the young people, as young people suffering from use of Drugs.

Mela

After the kabbadi tournament a mela is held on 27 December, it is a huge mela of bava nand gir ji. In the mela a huge number of people gather here,since 1954. Many famous Punjabi singers come here every year to perform. Artist such as Kulwinder Billa,Gippy Grewal,Geeta Zaildar,Harbhajan Mann,Manmohan Waris, 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 and in 2004 the Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal came to this village.

History

Baba Nand Gir temple; In the 17th or 18th century a 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 temple, and three masjids (mosques) in the village.

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Surname

Dhandwar surname which is in the village buT Later they changed it to Madahar. Now Dhandwar and Madahar are the same surname, so some people write Dhandwar and some write Madahar. Dhandwar surname people also live in Cheema, gadi maha Singh, singer you know well. Gita jaldar is also from this was also from this surname Dhandwar.

People belonging to different castes like Jatt, Tarkahan, kashyap rajput, SC, Chudha, Nayi, Bharayi, Muslims live here.People belonging to different castes lives together with happiness. live in Dhandwar, liddar,kailey, Kainth surname people also live in the village,dutt people surname live here. people living very happily.

EDUCATION

There is a secondary school and a high school in the village.There is another school called Akal Academy on the outskirts of the village.

References

Dhandwar Wikipedia