Gahoi
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Gahoi is a merchant community in central India. The traditional population centre has been the Bundelkhand
region, with their origin claimed to be at Kharagpur
.
Gahois are divided into 12 gotras, each gotra is divided into six alls. However currently about 169 clans are counted, some of them because of spelling differences. They have traditionally interdined with the Parwar
Jain community of Bundelkhand.
The oldest known Gahoi (Grahapati-anvaya) inscription is of samvat 1011 mentioning Pahilla, who built a Jain temple during the reign of Dhanga at Khajuraho
. This temple still stands in Khajuraho
.
The Gahoi Vaisya Mahasabha was founded in 1914 by Nathuram Reja of Narsingpur, who also started a magazine called Gahoi Vaishya.
Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand anciently known as Chedi Kingdom is a geographic region of central India...
region, with their origin claimed to be at Kharagpur
Kharagpur
Kharagpur is an industrial city in India. It is located in the Midnapore West district of the state of West Bengal.Kharagpur was chosen as the location of the first campus of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology . The IITs are the premier technical education institutes in India and...
.
Gahois are divided into 12 gotras, each gotra is divided into six alls. However currently about 169 clans are counted, some of them because of spelling differences. They have traditionally interdined with the Parwar
Parwar
Parwar may refer to:*Parwar, Pakistan - town in Pakistan*Parwar - a Jain community...
Jain community of Bundelkhand.
The oldest known Gahoi (Grahapati-anvaya) inscription is of samvat 1011 mentioning Pahilla, who built a Jain temple during the reign of Dhanga at Khajuraho
Khajuraho
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments in Khajuraho , a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about southeast of New Delhi, are one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for...
. This temple still stands in Khajuraho
Khajuraho
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments in Khajuraho , a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about southeast of New Delhi, are one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for...
.
The Gahoi Vaisya Mahasabha was founded in 1914 by Nathuram Reja of Narsingpur, who also started a magazine called Gahoi Vaishya.
Origin
There are several theories about the origin of the word Gahoi.- Grahapati (Pali Gahapati, Prakrit Gahavai, common term used for merchants)
- Guha, Guhyak, Guhya (hidden) "Which is left or the residue"
- Gahmoi
- Gobhuj