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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
About Paliwal
Pali is named after the Paliwal Brahmins who once inhabited the area in Rajastahan, a western province in India. Ancient Pali housed a highly evolved civilization. The land, which was leased by the then chief of Mandore (the former capital of Jodhpur district), was cultivated diligently by the Paliwals who abandoned their former priestly profession. Being a hardworking and intelligent tribe, they soon became wealthy and were noticed by the chieftain of Marwar at the time, Raja Sheoji.Wanting to replenish his trea
History of Paliwal
History of Paliwal
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Ancient Aryans were not divided on the basis of caste & creed. However, gradually differences started While initially this division was based on the type of work people did, later birth became the basis i.e. son of brahman was deemed to be brahman and that of a vaishya, a vaishya. This division further divided the Brahmans which was initially on the basis of Rishi/Muni and later on the places of residence. Being the native of Brahmakshetra, prayers and study of Ved and simple living earned them the name ‘Brahman’. What is Brahmakshetra ? Kalidas’s famous work ‘Meghdoot’ reveals that Gaurwar in Rajasthan is the old Brahmakshetra and its main city is the Pali of present Marwar. Those Gaur Brahmans who were related to Gaurwar were called Paliwal Brahmans. This way Paliwals are basically Gaur Brahmans. Pandit Chhote Lal Sharma, in his famous work ‘ba`aQNa jaait inaNa-ya’ writes that Paliwals are Brahmans & hence are amongst Gaur Brahman, who originated from Pali, the old and famous city of Jodhpur. Earlier they were called Paliwal Gaur & after moving out to different places for the sake of defending the religion, they came to be known as Paliwal Brahmans. Marwar’s famous historian, Munshi Prashad describes “Pali is very old city. There are many gardens, wells, ponds outside the city. This is the homeland of Paliwal Brahmans.”
» Pali and Paliwal
Brahman King Lakshman Rao of Parihar dynasty, donated Pali to his Guruji in 534. Guruji settled in Pali alongwith his relatives and friends. Slowly the number of brahmans residing in Pali rose to one lakh. There were 12 main divisions, namely; maudgala , vaiSaGz, gaga-, paraSar, ]pmanyau, jaatukNa, saMaiDlya, kaoiDnya, BaarWaja, vaamadova, vaOnya and kaOiSak . They had great cohesiveness with each other. When a brahman came to settle in Pali, they gifted him one rupee and a brick thus enabling him to make a house of his own and do some work. This was a prosperous and happy society, where these brahmans used to trade nationally as well as internationally.
» Downfall of Pali
The wealth & fame of Paliwal Brahmans became their enemy and in 1156, the tribals of Aravali started to trouble them. Around the same time, founder of Rathore Dynasty, Prince of Kannauj, Sihaji was returning from holy visit to Dwarka. Paliwals requested Sihaji to protect them from these tribals. Sihaji saved the Paliwals and was tempted to see the wealth and prosperity of Paliwals. On the day of Holi, he very cleverly killed the main people of Paliwal Samaj and took over the rule of Pali. Around 1292, Delhi’s King Nasimuddin, sent his big army to capture Pali. Paliwal Brahmans fought bravely for 12 days and after that they left Pali forever and proceeded towards Jaisalmer.
» Arrival in Jaisalmer
After leaving Pali, Paliwals settled in Marwar & Jaisalmer. With their hardwork & dedication, they turned this desertland into a prosperous state and also regained their wealth and lost pride. Here they settled 84 villages in the Bariyada area of Jaisalmer & had 50 to 5000 houses; Bujkantha was the most famous of all. When Paliwals were at their top in Jaisalmer, it was that period when this state also was at its peak in wealth and prosperity. Foreign trade was mainly carried out by Paliwals & had good business relations with Sindh, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Java & Sumatra. Col. Todd mentions that no one could equal the wealth of Paliwals & even King of Jaisalmer took loans from Paliwals. For several hundred years Jaisalmer was at the top of growth & prosperity. In 19th Century, serious differences arose between Maharwals & Paliwals, the two main castes of Jaisalmer. King started to impose more taxes and things started to become worse and crimes like kidnapping, theft, dacoity etc became daily events. The pleas were not being listened to and King gave charge to one of his minister, Salim Singh who was very cunning and ruled the state with cruelity and suppression. He spent all the treasury on his luxury and started revenue recovery from Paliwals. Fed up with the rule of Salim Singh, Paliwal Brahmans, finally decided to leave Jaisalmer & while leaving these 84 villages, with great pain they said that “after us, these villages shall turn to ruins & no one will be able to live here”. Today these villages have turned to ruins. It is clear from these ruins that they had knowledge of creating good & beautiful village. While the common people used to live in houses made with straw, Paliwals had their houses made of stone. To attract the tourists, Tourism Deptt. of Rajasthan Govt. mention in their advertisements ” Go beyond Jaisalmer to see abandoned Paliwal villages”
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In 1886 Paliwals left their houses, cash, jewellery, animals etc., in 84 villages of Jaisalmer & spread to different parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and started life from scratch. Some Paliwals had come to Gujarat and U.P. after leaving Pali. Today wherever Paliwals live, they have built Mandir, Dharamshala & Schools for the benefit of society. There is no area where Paliwals have not contributed. Whether it is Industry, Business, Politics, Education, Science, Administion, everywhere Paliwals have brought a good name to the society. Like their proud past, in the present also, Paliwals are maintaining their identity and serving the nation wholeheartedly.
Ancient Aryans were not divided on the basis of caste & creed. However, gradually differences started While initially this division was based on the type of work people did, later birth became the basis i.e. son of brahman was deemed to be brahman and that of a vaishya, a vaishya. This division further divided the Brahmans which was initially on the basis of Rishi/Muni and later on the places of residence. Being the native of Brahmakshetra, prayers and study of Ved and simple living earned them the name ‘Brahman’. What is Brahmakshetra ? Kalidas’s famous work ‘Meghdoot’ reveals that Gaurwar in Rajasthan is the old Brahmakshetra and its main city is the Pali of present Marwar. Those Gaur Brahmans who were related to Gaurwar were called Paliwal Brahmans. This way Paliwals are basically Gaur Brahmans. Pandit Chhote Lal Sharma, in his famous work ‘ba`aQNa jaait inaNa-ya’ writes that Paliwals are Brahmans & hence are amongst Gaur Brahman, who originated from Pali, the old and famous city of Jodhpur. Earlier they were called Paliwal Gaur & after moving out to different places for the sake of defending the religion, they came to be known as Paliwal Brahmans. Marwar’s famous historian, Munshi Prashad describes “Pali is very old city. There are many gardens, wells, ponds outside the city. This is the homeland of Paliwal Brahmans.”
» Pali and Paliwal
Brahman King Lakshman Rao of Parihar dynasty, donated Pali to his Guruji in 534. Guruji settled in Pali alongwith his relatives and friends. Slowly the number of brahmans residing in Pali rose to one lakh. There were 12 main divisions, namely; maudgala , vaiSaGz, gaga-, paraSar, ]pmanyau, jaatukNa, saMaiDlya, kaoiDnya, BaarWaja, vaamadova, vaOnya and kaOiSak . They had great cohesiveness with each other. When a brahman came to settle in Pali, they gifted him one rupee and a brick thus enabling him to make a house of his own and do some work. This was a prosperous and happy society, where these brahmans used to trade nationally as well as internationally.
» Downfall of Pali
The wealth & fame of Paliwal Brahmans became their enemy and in 1156, the tribals of Aravali started to trouble them. Around the same time, founder of Rathore Dynasty, Prince of Kannauj, Sihaji was returning from holy visit to Dwarka. Paliwals requested Sihaji to protect them from these tribals. Sihaji saved the Paliwals and was tempted to see the wealth and prosperity of Paliwals. On the day of Holi, he very cleverly killed the main people of Paliwal Samaj and took over the rule of Pali. Around 1292, Delhi’s King Nasimuddin, sent his big army to capture Pali. Paliwal Brahmans fought bravely for 12 days and after that they left Pali forever and proceeded towards Jaisalmer.
» Arrival in Jaisalmer
After leaving Pali, Paliwals settled in Marwar & Jaisalmer. With their hardwork & dedication, they turned this desertland into a prosperous state and also regained their wealth and lost pride. Here they settled 84 villages in the Bariyada area of Jaisalmer & had 50 to 5000 houses; Bujkantha was the most famous of all. When Paliwals were at their top in Jaisalmer, it was that period when this state also was at its peak in wealth and prosperity. Foreign trade was mainly carried out by Paliwals & had good business relations with Sindh, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Java & Sumatra. Col. Todd mentions that no one could equal the wealth of Paliwals & even King of Jaisalmer took loans from Paliwals. For several hundred years Jaisalmer was at the top of growth & prosperity. In 19th Century, serious differences arose between Maharwals & Paliwals, the two main castes of Jaisalmer. King started to impose more taxes and things started to become worse and crimes like kidnapping, theft, dacoity etc became daily events. The pleas were not being listened to and King gave charge to one of his minister, Salim Singh who was very cunning and ruled the state with cruelity and suppression. He spent all the treasury on his luxury and started revenue recovery from Paliwals. Fed up with the rule of Salim Singh, Paliwal Brahmans, finally decided to leave Jaisalmer & while leaving these 84 villages, with great pain they said that “after us, these villages shall turn to ruins & no one will be able to live here”. Today these villages have turned to ruins. It is clear from these ruins that they had knowledge of creating good & beautiful village. While the common people used to live in houses made with straw, Paliwals had their houses made of stone. To attract the tourists, Tourism Deptt. of Rajasthan Govt. mention in their advertisements ” Go beyond Jaisalmer to see abandoned Paliwal villages”
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In 1886 Paliwals left their houses, cash, jewellery, animals etc., in 84 villages of Jaisalmer & spread to different parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and started life from scratch. Some Paliwals had come to Gujarat and U.P. after leaving Pali. Today wherever Paliwals live, they have built Mandir, Dharamshala & Schools for the benefit of society. There is no area where Paliwals have not contributed. Whether it is Industry, Business, Politics, Education, Science, Administion, everywhere Paliwals have brought a good name to the society. Like their proud past, in the present also, Paliwals are maintaining their identity and serving the nation wholeheartedly.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
LAKSHYA
"સમય ના આગળ ના ભાગ માં 'જુલ્ફો' હોય છે અને પાછળ ના ભાગ માં 'ટાલ' હોય છે..... " - શેક્સપિયર સમય કોઈની રાહ નથી જોતો તે પોતાની ગતિ થી વહેતો રહે છે . કેટલીક વ્યક્તિ કાયમ નીરત થી જીવતી હોય છે અને ધીરજ ના ફળ મીઠા હોય તેવો તેમનો સંદેશ હોય છે પણ વધુ પડતી ધીરજ આ 'ફળ' ને સડવાનો સમય આપે છે.... . . . . .
લક્ષ્ય ગૃપ આ તમામ લોકો ના જીવન માં નવો સંચાર અને પ્રેરણા નું બળતણ પૂરું પડવાનો પ્રયત્ન કરશે..... . .
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લક્ષ્ય ગૃપ આ તમામ લોકો ના જીવન માં નવો સંચાર અને પ્રેરણા નું બળતણ પૂરું પડવાનો પ્રયત્ન કરશે..... . .
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
LAKSHYA
:: લક્ષ્ય ::
"સપને ઉસી કે સચ હોતે હે,
જિનકે સપનોમે જાન હોતી હે ,
સિર્ફ પંખો સે કુછ નહિ હોતા ,
હોસલો સે ઉડાન હોતી હે "
મુશ્કેલીઓ , આફતો અને જોખમોમાં કેટલાક તૂટી પડે છે અને કેટલાક છેવટ સુધી ઝઝૂમી ને વિક્રમો તોડે છે.લક્ષ્ય પામવાની મેરેથોન સ્પર્ધા માં વિજયરેખા ને સ્પર્શતા બેફામ થાકી જનારા સ્પર્ધકો માંથી જે મનુષ્ય બે કદમ વધારે ભરે છે તેજ બાજીગર બને છે , નસીબ તેનેજ નમસ્કાર કરે છે , કુદરત તેની કદર કરે છે અને તેજ મહાસાગર ના મોતી નો હકદાર છે.
મિત્રો .... અવરોધો , દુખો, મુશ્કેલીઓ અને અભાવો માં સમાયેલું ભાવનાત્મક તાકાત નું બળતણ દુનિયાનો ઇતિહાસ અને દેશ ની ભૂગોળ બદલી શકવાની તાકાત ધરાવે છે. આ અવરોધ, દુખો, મુશ્કેલીઓ અને અભાવો એ લાગણી ના જખ્મો છે .
દાવાનળ કરતા 'જખ્મ' ના જામ થી લાગેલ આગ અનેકગણી શક્તિશાળી હોય છે.
હિમત અને ઉત્સાહ એ સૌથી મોટી મૂડી છે.જો આ મૂડી ને આપણે વેડફી દેશું તો દુનિયા ના સૌથી મોટા દેવાળીયા બની જશું.
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"સપને ઉસી કે સચ હોતે હે,
જિનકે સપનોમે જાન હોતી હે ,
સિર્ફ પંખો સે કુછ નહિ હોતા ,
હોસલો સે ઉડાન હોતી હે "
મુશ્કેલીઓ , આફતો અને જોખમોમાં કેટલાક તૂટી પડે છે અને કેટલાક છેવટ સુધી ઝઝૂમી ને વિક્રમો તોડે છે.લક્ષ્ય પામવાની મેરેથોન સ્પર્ધા માં વિજયરેખા ને સ્પર્શતા બેફામ થાકી જનારા સ્પર્ધકો માંથી જે મનુષ્ય બે કદમ વધારે ભરે છે તેજ બાજીગર બને છે , નસીબ તેનેજ નમસ્કાર કરે છે , કુદરત તેની કદર કરે છે અને તેજ મહાસાગર ના મોતી નો હકદાર છે.
મિત્રો .... અવરોધો , દુખો, મુશ્કેલીઓ અને અભાવો માં સમાયેલું ભાવનાત્મક તાકાત નું બળતણ દુનિયાનો ઇતિહાસ અને દેશ ની ભૂગોળ બદલી શકવાની તાકાત ધરાવે છે. આ અવરોધ, દુખો, મુશ્કેલીઓ અને અભાવો એ લાગણી ના જખ્મો છે .
દાવાનળ કરતા 'જખ્મ' ના જામ થી લાગેલ આગ અનેકગણી શક્તિશાળી હોય છે.
હિમત અને ઉત્સાહ એ સૌથી મોટી મૂડી છે.જો આ મૂડી ને આપણે વેડફી દેશું તો દુનિયા ના સૌથી મોટા દેવાળીયા બની જશું.
આપણે સૌ આ મૂડી થી છલકતા રહીએ તેવી શુભ કામના.....
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