Garhdiwala

Situated at a distance of 28km from Hoshiarpur, the district headquarters, Garhdiwala falls on the Hoshiarpur-Dasuya road. Tradition goes that the town was built in 1443 A. D. by one Garhia, a Jat, and was named after his and that the addition of Diwala was made in 1812 on account of the incarnation of the goddess (devi) having appeared in the town. In honour of this event, one Jodh Singh, Ramgarhia, built a temple here. The work diwala is said to be wither a contraction for deviwala or the word diowala a temple. The said Sardar also built a fort in 1829 A. D., the traces of which are hardly visible. Around the town, there are some groves of mangoes. Starting from here, a belt of mango gardens can be seen up to Mahalpur.