Kanwari




Kanwari




Kanwari, also spelled Kunwari, Knwari or Kwari, is a village of 7,000 population, in Hansi Tehsil, Hisar-1 Rural Development Block,Hansi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)of Hisar District of Hisar Division in the Haryana state of India.
It is situated 166 kilometres (103 mi) from the national capital Delhi and 24 kilometres (15 mi) from the district headquartersHisar on the Hisar-Tosham road.

After Independence of India in 1947, Kanwari became part of Punjab. Once Haryana was formed as a separate state in 1966, Kanwari became part of the Hisar district, state of Haryana State.
Kanwari has an old Shiva temple called Baba Shri Giri (the lord of mountains) and an Akhara (abode) for sadhus (Hindu mystics) as well as a temple of the dhok (Haryanvi: धोक, meaning worship), bhaiyan (Haryanvi: भईयाँ, from भूमिया or of land), or jathera (Punjabi: जठेरा, from जेष्ठ which means elder) village ancestor deity called Bua Kanwari Dham (the abode of Virgin Deity), where newlyweds go for blessings before entering the village.



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