User:Rakesh Babu Gupta/Mahawar Vaishya Community

Mahawar Vaishya Community is a powerful community and a subcaste of Vaishya commonly called as Mahajan, Mahour, Mahaur, Mahuri and Bania related to Mathura or Brij region of Uttar Pradesh ,India. Basically they are Agriculturist turned to trade and was living in forest hamlets of Mathura-Vrindavan-Gokul in Uttar Pradesh and Alwar District of Rajasthan. As a legend associated with Lord Krishna who left Mathura after Jarasandh ( King of Darbhanga, Bihar) continued 16 invasion at Mathura, some traders also follow him and traversed through Bharatpur,Alwar,Jaipur, Ajmer, Rajasamand ( Nathdwara,Charbhujaji) Chittorgarh in Rajasthan and Dakor in Gujarat and finally upto Dwarka. Dring this journey traders settled at Alwar, Jaipur, Ajmer and also in Kheda District bearing name of Mahavar, Mathur, Mhod vania in Gujrat ( Late Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi was Mhod vania of ancestral Mathura Origin) and started their trades of Agricukltural commodities and they are now scattered throught in India and abroad. Basically they are vegetarian, Vaishnav and follower of Krishna-Balram (As Dauji) and worshipping Godess Lakshmi and Kuldevi as Mathurasini Devi of Mathura and visiting Kaila Devi at Karauli for religious functions. This community is having 27 Gotras basically they are named after place of origin e.g. Bachlas, Mandalsa, Gagal, Kotwalia, Mandekas, Dhatarias,Harnathkas,Gigras and so many others.