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Apr 16, 2013

Jandrah Panchayat organises grand dangal

Newspoint Bureau
Jammu Tawi: Following the decades' old tradition of organising dangal after Baisakhi festival here at village Jandrah, this year also the Jandrah Panchayat under the patronization of Sarpanch Anil Sharma organised a grand dangal wherein a number of wrestlers hailing from different parts of the state and also from adjoining states participated. Vidhi Singh Jamwal, Chairman Jamwal Group of Colleges was the chief guest and Om Parkash Sharma as guest of honour. During the day several kushti's were held and the winning wrestlers
were honoured besides cash rewards. Pahalwan Benia of J&K Police bagged the first prize and won a grand prize of
Rs 20,000 while Rs 1.5 lakh was giving to participating Pahalwans.

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