Gadarwara is a city and a municipality since 1867 in Narsinghpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India with the 2011 population of 45,344. Gadarwara was once known as Gadariya Kheda, and the whole area as Gadarwara Pargana, because there was a large population of Gadariya, who were sheep and goat farmers. The city's major temple, Damru Ghaanti, with its large statue of Shiva and Shivaling
a, receives thousands of devotees each year for the festival of Mahashivaratri. Gadarwara is the childhood home of Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) and has become a tourist destination for American, Australian and European pilgrims as well as Indians. There is a small ashram and a few spots associated with his early life.
