Danda (disambiguation)

Danda may also refer to:

Stake and law

 * Daṇḍa (Hindu punishment), punishments for criminal activity in Hindu law
 * Indian Penal Code translation in Hindi Bharatiya Danda Samhita भारतीय दण्ड संहिता
 * Indian sceptre
 * Walking stick (Sanskrit daṇḍa), a stick used to facilitate walking
 * Indian sceptre
 * Walking stick (Sanskrit daṇḍa), a stick used to facilitate walking
 * Indian sceptre
 * Walking stick (Sanskrit daṇḍa), a stick used to facilitate walking

Culture

 * Danda nata (Danda Nacha / Danda Jatra) traditional dance festival in Indian state of Odisha
 * Dandiya Raas A religious folk dance originating from Indian state of Gujarat.
 * Gillidanda a traditional sport in Indian subcontinent
 * Danda Gopuram a 1981 Indian Malayalam film
 * Dandasana, a Yoga position.

Literature

 * Danda is a punctuation character (।) used in the Devanāgarī script to mark the end of a sentence.
 * Danda (novel), a book by Nkem Nwankwo

Places

 * Khar Danda, a fishing village located in Mumbai, India
 * Danda Garhwa, an administrative block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand state, India
 * Danda Shah Bilawal a village in Punjab, Pakistan
 * Danda Mountain, in Taiwan
 * Dandakaranya a jungle mentioned in Indian epic Ramayana
 * Danda Kingdom, a frequently featured region in Hindu mythology
 * Danda Nagraja temple in Pauri Garhwal district India.
 * Lakuri Danda a village in Nepal
 * Bhattedanda a village in Nepal
 * Bhattarai Danda a City in Syangja District in Nepal
 * Ramnagar Danda a village in Rishikesh, Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand in India.
 * Shahidnagar Danda Nepal
 * Draupadi Ka Danda two peaks in the Gangotri range of Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India.
 * Dande Darpakhel a village in North Waziristan in Pakistan.
 * Danda Bazar Nepal
 * Shrawan Danda a hill in Nepal
 * Bhalayadanda a village in Nepal
 * Diba Danda peaks in Uttarakhand, India.
 * Paungda Danda a hill in Nepal
 * Danda Garhwa administrative blocks of Garhwa district, Jharkhand state, India.

People with the name

 * Bronislav Danda (1930–2015), Czech ice hockey player
 * Danda Mohamed Kondeh, Sierra Leonean economist and politician
 * Mahamadou Danda (born 1951), Nigerien politician and Prime Minister of Niger
 * Danda (footballer) (born 1962), Rosângela Rocha, Brazilian footballer
 * Lankapura Dandnatha
 * Raul Danda an Angolan politician.
 * Danda Venkata Subba Reddy a professor of medicine in India
 * Danda Mohamed Kondeh Sierra Leonean economist and politician