Jump to content

Chandhara

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 2409:4054:18a:9b70:75dd:2640:fa03:ad7a (talk) at 07:17, 20 January 2019. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Chandhara or Chandhara is a village in the Pampore town of district Pulwama in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The village is a native home of 16th-century poetess and ascetic, Habba khatoon, located approximately at half a mile from the national highway. The main occupation of people is saffron cultivation. The other agriculture produce is Wallnut , Almonds and Rice.


Etymology

There is no documental evidence although its being said that once upon a time this place was ruled by a king namely Chandan.He was defeated by some rival king and people chanted 'Chandan hara' which in English means Chandan lost and hence the name 'Chandhara'. This is the heritage village.

References

http://www.koausa.org/Poets/FourPoetesses.html


This article related to a location in Jammu and Kashmir is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Chandhara&oldid=879286603"