Pandhurna

Pandhurna is a city and a municipality in Chhindwara district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It belongs to Jabalpur Division. It is located 78 KM towards South from District head quarters Chhindwara. It is a Tehsil head quarter. This is a typical Indian village with farming as the major occupation of the populace. A lot of farmers grow oranges and cotton as the Kharif crop since the black soil is suitable for its production. Other crops are soybean, groundnut, cauliflower, gram and wheat. The village also has a few oil and cotton mills, food processing plants. Pandhurna is home for many cotton ginning and pressing factories. Pandhurna is basically surrounded by Vidharbha, hence the local language is Marathi. Economic factors are also affected by it.

The residents of the villages 'Pandhurna' gather on either bank of the river, and start pelting stones at the persons of the opposite village who try to cross into the mid of the river and remove the flag on top of the tree trunk. The village whose resident succeeds in removing the flag will be considered victorious. The whole activity happens amidst the chanting of the sacred name of 'Maa' Durgaji. Several people get wounded in this celebration and the District Administration