The Dahima or Daima are a gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

 of tribes in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 who worship Mati Dadhimati as their Kuldevi (family deity). They are primarily descendants of the sage Dadhichi

Dadhichi

Dadhichi, also known as Dadhyancha, is an important character in Hindu mythology. He is revered amongst the greatest of sages and is portrayed as an example that no sacrifice is too great when the result is the good of the world. His bones are marked as symbol on the India's highest gallant award...

. Dadheech Brahmins

Dadheech Brahmins

The Dadhich Brahmins are a subgroup of Brahmins who are the descendants of Rishi Dadhichi, who is said to have given his bones for making of the vajra, the mythological weapon created to kill the demon vritra/virtrasur. It was Dadhichi's father Atharvan who along with Angiras composed the Atharvaveda...

 are also known as Dahima Brahmin

Brahmin

Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...

s, and are the most abundant community among Dahimas.

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James Tod

James Tod

Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod was an English officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar.Tod was born in London and educated in Scotland, later joining the East India Company as a military officer. He travelled to India in 1799 as a cadet in the Bengal Army where he rose...

 recorded the Dahima, a tribe of Rajput

Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

s, amongst the 36 royal races

36 royal races

The 36 royal races is a listing of Indian social groups purported to be the ruling clans of several states and Janapads spread over northern Indian subcontinent...

 of India. Dayma Ahirs are found in Wazirabad (Gurgaon)

Wazirabad (Gurgaon)

Wazirabad is a large village in Gurgaon district, Haryana state, India. It lies on the Gurgaon-Faridabad road and is dominated by the Yaduvanshi Ahirs caste, mainly of the Dagar gotra.It has a population of about 8279 persons living in around 1461 households. The village is spread over three...

 village. In addition to Dahima Brahmins and Dahima Ahirs, there are Dahima Rajputs, and Jats. They were the lords of Biana, and bore a reputation for deeds of chivalry.

Colonel Tod considered the Dahima Ahir tribe to be extinct, but there are three or four Ahir Dahima villages in Baghpat. There are also Dhahima Ahirs and Jats in the same neighbourhood.

Dadhimati Mata Temple

Dadhimati mata temple

Dadhimati Mata Temple of the goddess Dadhimati is located in Nagaur district, Rajasthan, India. It is one of the oldest surviving temples in northern India. It was built in the 4th century and is of the Gupta era, visited by Prof. Bhandarkar....

 lies in Nagaur

Nagaur

Nagaur is a city in the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Nagaur District. The Nagaur city lies about midway between Jodhpur and Bikaner. It was founded by the Naga Kshatriyas.- History :...

 district of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

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