Punjabi Singer Rajvir Jawanda laid to rest: Son lights pyre in his native village

October 9, 2025

Punjabi singer Rajvir Jawanda was laid to rest in his ancestral village of Pona in Ludhiana. His son, Dilawar, lit the funeral pyre in the grounds near the village’s government school. A large crowd of fans gathered in the village to bid the singer farewell.

A memorial may be erected at the cremation site. It was at this very spot that Rajvir Jawanda first sang on stage. Before the funeral, the first post-accident photo of Jawanda surfaced. He was wearing a red turban. Despite being hospitalised in Mohali for 11 days, no photos of him had been released since the accident.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also visited the village to pay his last respects to Jawanda. He paid his last respects at Jawanda’s ancestral home, along with relatives and celebrities from the Punjabi music industry. Singers Kanwar Grewal, Kulwinder Billa, and Ammy Virk were also present with the family.

Jawanda passed away yesterday, Wednesday (October 8), at Fortis Hospital in Mohali. He breathed his last at 10:55 a.m. Wednesday at the young age of 35. Fortis Hospital stated in a medical bulletin that Jawanda had suffered multi-organ failure.

After his death, his body was first taken to his home in Sector 71, Mohali, where his mother, wife, and children paid their last respects. A postmortem was then conducted at the government hospital in Phase 6, Mohali

The accident happened on September 27

Rajveer Jawanda met with an accident on September 27 while going to Shimla on his bike. After this Jawanda was brought to Fortis Hospital at 1:45 pm. He suffered serious injuries in his head and spine. According to the doctors, he also suffered a heart attack. His condition was very critical. Rajveer was on a ventilator continuously for 11 days.

The last bulletin was issued on October 3

After Jawanda was admitted to the hospital, the hospital issued daily medical bulletins from September 27 to October 3. Only on September 29, her health improved slightly, but her spinal cord injury had caused brain damage. As a result, the doctors stopped the medical bulletin after October 3. After this, the hospital spokesperson said that Jawanda’s condition remained the same and they had nothing to report. As a result, the daily medical bulletin was stopped.