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Dhanwar, Giridih district, Jharkhand · 24.3339°, 86.0178°
A Shaiva pilgrimage cluster of about ten shrines near Dhanwar in Giridih district, centred on a Shiva temple that draws an annual fair. A Sanskrit college, the Sanskrit Hindi Vidyapith, was founded at the site in 1967.
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