Kadia kshatriyas
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Kadia Kshatriyas are a minority group of the Hindu
community in Gujarat State, India
. They are group of different Kshatriya
or Rajput
clan bound together by their artistic skills of building forts, temples, palaces & other architects.
warriors, who migrated from Rajasthan
to the Saurashtra region of Gujarat in the early 7th century, fighting and repelling attacks from the North-West frontiers. Some of them later moved to the Kutch region of Gujarat in the 12th century.
This group of warrior Rajput
were skilled artisans and masons. They were expert in building forts, palaces, and temples, as well artistic carvings and sculpture. It was due to their special skills that they came to be known as Mistri
or Kadia
in Gujarat. Further, they are also identified along with Chunaras, as they were skilled in making lime.
The major families in this group belong to Kshatriya
clans having the following surnames:Rathod, Solanki
, Jethwa
, Chavda
, Chauhan
, Vegad, Varu, Maru, Makwana, Chotaliya, Sawaria, Sarvaiya
s, Yadav, Jadav, Chudasama
, Vaghela, Parmar, Khodiyar
, Gohil
, Tank
, Vadher, Padhiyar
, Kacha, Bhalsod, Poria, Chitroda, Gangani, Kukadia, Raghwani, Ramparia, Shapriya, Javia, Khetani, Kholia,
Malvi, Manani, Mavadia, Nanani, Ratnani and Gediya etc.
Two major groups are at present found in Gujarat, one in Saurashtra (Halar Region) and another in Kutch Region, who are perhaps a branch of same group because they both same share common history, and their family members have common surnames.
or Gurjar Kshatriyas are found in Saurashtra, where they have founded thirty six villages in the Halar Region
of Jamnagar district. The names of these villages are Ambala, Badanpur, Balambha
, Bangaur, Bhimkata, Bhensdad, Bodka, Chavda, Dhrangdhra, Dhudkot, Dudhai, Fatsar, Jaiva, Jamsar, Jamyanthali, Jashapar, Jiragadh, Jivapar, Jodia, Kesia, Kharachia, Kotharia, Madhapar, Manamora, Manekpar, Manpar - Hirapar, Mavnagam, Meghpar, Morana, Padana, Rampar, Ranjitpar, Rohisada, Shampar, Untebshampar and Tankara.
The Kadia Kshatriyas of Saurashtra also live in large numbers in Savarkundla
, Dhrangadhra
, Amreli
, Rajula
, Mahuva
, Koliyak, Hajipur, Konjli, Bapda, Bhallar, Bhavnagar
, Talaja
, Junagadh
, Jamnagar
, Visavadar
, Surat
, Vadodara
, Rajkot, Gondal
, Dwarka
, Ahmedabad
cities of Saurashtra, Gujarat.
Outside Saurashtra their main population is in cities like Mumbai
, Pune
, Nagpur
, Dhanbad
, Jharia
, etc.
and came to be known as Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas
or Mistris of Kutch. They established themselves at the village of Dhaneti
and later founded nineteen villages: Nagor
, Reha
, Ratnal
, Vidi
, Kukma
, Anjar
, Sinugra
, Chandiya
, Nagalpar
, Khambhra
, Lovaria, Hajapar
, Madhapar
, Galpadar
, Kumbharia
, Meghpar Khedoi
, Jambudi
and Devaliya. The Bhuvad
, Shenoi & Medai villages in Kutch were also founded by them. So all together, they have founded twenty-three villages in Kutch. They are famous designers and architects of most of historic monuments of Kutch. In the mid-19th century they also established themselves as railway contractors and coal mine entrepreneurs, and became famous across India as Kutchi Contractor. They are famous designers and developers of buildings and bridges. Today the Mistris of Kutch
are found in almost all States of India, where they migrated in decades of 1850-1900 for doing Railway Contracts.
Please refer to page Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas
for their history and contributions in India
.
and have their clan's also worship their, individual Kuldevi or Kuldevta
.
The Kadia Kshatriyas are strictly endogamous
community, and practice the principle of clan endogamy
.
The community is largely vegetarian in diet and avoid alcohol.
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
community in Gujarat State, 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...
. They are group of different Kshatriya
Kshatriya
*For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...
or 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...
clan bound together by their artistic skills of building forts, temples, palaces & other architects.
Background
They are a community of RajputRajput
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...
warriors, who migrated from 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...
to the Saurashtra region of Gujarat in the early 7th century, fighting and repelling attacks from the North-West frontiers. Some of them later moved to the Kutch region of Gujarat in the 12th century.
This group of warrior 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...
were skilled artisans and masons. They were expert in building forts, palaces, and temples, as well artistic carvings and sculpture. It was due to their special skills that they came to be known as Mistri
Mistri
Mistri, or Mistry, is a term for a master-craftsman, foreman or supervisor of manual workers in India. Mistri is being replaced with "supervisor" and other terms, as for example by the Indian Railway who replaced it with supervisor in 2005....
or Kadia
Kadia (community)
Kadia is a Hindu community in Gujarat State of India. They are specialised in masonry works, artistic carvings and sculpting as well as artistic wooden works.- History and origin :...
in Gujarat. Further, they are also identified along with Chunaras, as they were skilled in making lime.
The major families in this group belong to Kshatriya
Kshatriya
*For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...
clans having the following surnames:Rathod, Solanki
Solanki
The Solanki was a royal Hindu Indian dynasty that ruled parts of western and central India between the 10th to 13th centuries. A number of scholars including V. A. Smith assign them Gurjar origin....
, Jethwa
Jethwa
Jethwa is a name of a Kshatriya, Rajput clan that claim descent from Makardhwaja son of Lord Hanuman who appears in the Hindu epic Ramayana...
, Chavda
Chavda Kingdom
The Chavda Kingdom or Chapa dynasty also known as Gujar Chapas was an ancient Hindu Kshatriya dynasty which ruled northern Gujarat from 746 AD to 942 AD....
, Chauhan
Chauhan
Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...
, Vegad, Varu, Maru, Makwana, Chotaliya, Sawaria, Sarvaiya
Sarvaiya
Sarvaiya / Sarvaiyya are a Rajput, Kshatriya clan of India mainly found in Gujarat.-History:Sarvaiyas like Jadejas, Chudasamas, Bhattis & Raijadas are off-shoot of Samma clan of Sindh. Sammas are again have branched off from Yadava clan of Kshatriyas, who claim descant from Samba, grandson of Krishna...
s, Yadav, Jadav, Chudasama
Chudasama
The Chudasama are a Rajput clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. The Chudasama dynasty,originally of Abhira clan from Sindh. The disambiguition of the name Chudasama means, Chuda-Sama, 'Chuda' is an Indian word used for big bangles which are normally worn on the wrist of Indian women and...
, Vaghela, Parmar, Khodiyar
Khodiyar
Khodiyar Maa is the Hindu goddess who appeared in the story of Mamaniya Gadhvi in about AD 700.Mamaniya Gadhvi had a superb relationship with the then ruler - Maharaj Shilbhadra. The ruler's ministers envied this exceptional relationship and prepared a way to get rid of Mamaniya Gadhvi...
, Gohil
Gohil
Gohils are Suryavanshi Rajputs who have descended from the Guhilots of Mewar. As per the Sikarwar Khyat, Prince Shiladitya was born on Jesth Sudhi Chaturdashi of V.S 543 . He was the son of Emperor Aditya Sen and Queen Subhaga Devi. Though born at Chitor he was educated at Vallabhi...
, Tank
Taunk
Tank or Taunk or Taank or Taunque is a name of Rajput clans Famous British historian Crooke maintains, the Tak Rajputs claim that they are Yaduvanshis and had martial relations with Yadavas princess of Jaisalmer.The community is distributed in the districts of Jodhpur , Udaipur and Tonk., Kutch,...
, Vadher, Padhiyar
Parihar
Parihar is a clan which is part of many communities including Rajputs, Gurjars and Jats. According to the Handbook on Rajputs by famous British historian A. H...
, Kacha, Bhalsod, Poria, Chitroda, Gangani, Kukadia, Raghwani, Ramparia, Shapriya, Javia, Khetani, Kholia,
Malvi, Manani, Mavadia, Nanani, Ratnani and Gediya etc.
Two major groups are at present found in Gujarat, one in Saurashtra (Halar Region) and another in Kutch Region, who are perhaps a branch of same group because they both same share common history, and their family members have common surnames.
Kadia Kshatriyas in Saurashtra
One major community known as Kadia KshatriyasKadia kshatriyas
Kadia Kshatriyas are a minority group of the Hindu community in Gujarat State, India...
or Gurjar Kshatriyas are found in Saurashtra, where they have founded thirty six villages in the Halar Region
Jamnagar
Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...
of Jamnagar district. The names of these villages are Ambala, Badanpur, Balambha
Balambha
Balambha is a village in Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar District of Gujarat in India.It is one of the thirty-six villages founded by Kadia Kshatriyas of Saurashtra....
, Bangaur, Bhimkata, Bhensdad, Bodka, Chavda, Dhrangdhra, Dhudkot, Dudhai, Fatsar, Jaiva, Jamsar, Jamyanthali, Jashapar, Jiragadh, Jivapar, Jodia, Kesia, Kharachia, Kotharia, Madhapar, Manamora, Manekpar, Manpar - Hirapar, Mavnagam, Meghpar, Morana, Padana, Rampar, Ranjitpar, Rohisada, Shampar, Untebshampar and Tankara.
The Kadia Kshatriyas of Saurashtra also live in large numbers in Savarkundla
Savarkundla
Savar Kundla is a city and a municipality in Amreli district, Gujarat, India. It is a twin city that formed when the cities of Savar and Kundla merged.Savar Kundla is also the name of a taluka in Amreli district...
, Dhrangadhra
Dhrangadhra
Dhrangadhra is a city and a municipality in Surendranagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. During the period of the British Raj, the city was the capital of Dhrangadhra state, one of the eight first-class princely states of the Kathiawar Agency in the Bombay Presidency.-History:Dhrangadhra...
, Amreli
Amreli
Amreli is a city and a municipality in Amreli district of the Saurashtra region in the state of Gujarat, India.-History:It is believed that during the year 534 AD Amreli existed was formerly known as Anumanji, Amlik and then Amravati. The city is named in ancient Sanskrit ass Amarvalli. Initially...
, Rajula
Rajula
Rajula is a city and a municipality in Amreli district in the Indian state of Gujarat.- Demographics :As of the 2001 Indian census, Rajula had a population of appro. more than 80,393. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Rajula has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than...
, Mahuva
Mahuva
Mahuva may refer to:* Mahuva, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India* Mahuva, Surat, Gujarat, India...
, Koliyak, Hajipur, Konjli, Bapda, Bhallar, Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar
-Topography:Bhavnagar is a coastal city in the eastern coast of Saurashtra, also known as Kathiawar, located at . It has an average elevation of 24 metres . It occupies area of 53.30 km². General slope dips in the northeasterly direction at the apex of Gulf of Khambhat...
, Talaja
Talaja
Talaja is a city and a municipality in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.- Geography :Talaja is located at . It has an average elevation of 19 metres ....
, Junagadh
Junagadh
Junagadh is the headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city is the 7th largest in Gujarat. The city is located at the foot of the Girnar hills, 355 km south west of state capital Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad. The city is in western India. Literally translated,...
, Jamnagar
Jamnagar
Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...
, Visavadar
Visavadar
Visavadar is a city and a municipality in Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Visavadar is located at . It has an average elevation of 91 metres .-Demographics:...
, Surat
Surat
Surat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...
, Vadodara
Vadodara
Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...
, Rajkot, Gondal
Gondal
Gondal is a city and a municipality in Rajkot district in the Indian state Gujarat. Gondal state was one of the eight first class princely states of Kathiawar Agency during Bombay Presidency...
, Dwarka
Dwarka
Dwarka also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the Gujarat state in India. Dwarka , also known as Dwarawati in Sanskrit literature is rated as one of the seven most ancient cities in the country...
, Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
cities of Saurashtra, Gujarat.
Outside Saurashtra their main population is in cities like Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, Nagpur
Nagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
, Dhanbad
Dhanbad
Dhanbad features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47oC. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall...
, Jharia
Jharia
Jharia is a notified area and one of eight development blocks in Dhanbad district in Jharkhand state, India. More than one town in India shares this name.- City :...
, etc.
Kadia Kshatriyas in Kutch
Another group, who migrated to Kutch from Saurashtra in the 12th century, created their unique identity in the Princely State of KutchJadeja
Jadeja belong to the Yaduvanshi rajputs or Chandravanshi rajputs. They are one of the 36 royal dynasties of old tracing their origins to Lord Krishna...
and came to be known as Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas
Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas
Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas or Mistris of Kutch or Kadia Kshatriyas of Kutch, are a Hindu community of the Kutch District of Gujarat state in India...
or Mistris of Kutch. They established themselves at the village of Dhaneti
Dhaneti
Dhaneti or Dhanetee is village in Bhuj Taluka of Kutch District of Gujarat State of India. It is at a distance of about 26 km from Bhuj the Taluka and District Headquarter of Kutch...
and later founded nineteen villages: Nagor
Nagor
Nagor or Nagher is a village in Bhuj Taluka of Kutch at a distance of about 8 km from Bhuj town, the capital of Kachchh District of Gujarat in India.-History:...
, Reha
Reha
Reha is a village in Bhuj Taluka of Kutch at a distance of about 15 km from Bhuj town, the capital of Kachchh District of Gujarat in India.-History:About the history of Reha it is one of the 19 villages founded by Kutch...
, Ratnal
Ratnal
Ratnal is a village near the town of Anjar and the taluka of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located at a distance of about 15 km from Anjar.-History:...
, Vidi
Vidi
Vidi or Videe or Virdee is a village near the town Anjar, the taluka of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is at a distance of about 4 km from Anjar, the Taluka Headquarter.-History:...
, Kukma
Kukma
Kukma or Kookma is a village near the Bhuj town, taluka in Kachchh District of Indian State of Gujarat. It is located at a distance of 16 kilometers from Bhuj, the headquarters of Kachchh District.-History:...
, Anjar
Anjar, India
Anjar is a town and a municipality in Kutch district in the state of Gujarat, India. The country is dry and sandy, and entirely depends on well irrigation for its water supply. The town is situated nearly 10 miles from the Gulf of Kutch. The town was third time made capital of Kachchh on...
, Sinugra
Sinugra
Sinugra or Shinoogra or Sinogra or Sinougra is a village near the town of Anjar, the taluka of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The village is located 7 km from the nearest city Anjar...
, Chandiya
Chandiya
Chandiya or Chandia is a village near the town Anjar, the taluka of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat.Village is located 18 km from nearest town Anjar.-History:...
, Nagalpar
Nagalpar
Nagalpur or Nagalpar is a small village in Kutch district in the state of Gujarat, India. It comes under Anjar taluka.-History:About history of Nagalpar or Nagalpur it is one of the 19 villages established by Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas or Mistris as they are known in Kutch...
, Khambhra
Khambhra
Khambhra or Khamra is a village near the town Anjar and the taluka of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The village is eight kilometres from the nearest town, Anjar.-History:...
, Lovaria, Hajapar
Hajapar
Hajapar is village in Bhuj Taluka of Kachchh District of Gujarat State of India. It is located at a distance of about 18 km from Bhuj. One nearby village is Reha.-History:...
, Madhapar
Madhapar
Madhapar is a large village located in south western Kutch district in the state of Gujarat, India. Bhuj is the regional hub of the town where the nearest airport exists...
, Galpadar
Galpadar
Galpadar is village in Gandhidham Tehsil of Kutch District of Gujrat State of India. It is located at a distance of about 3 km from Gandhidham, 11 km from Anjar and 51 km from Bhuj.-History:...
, Kumbharia
Kumbharia
Kumbharia or Kumbhariyu is village in Anjar Taluka of Kutch District of Gujarat State of India. It is situated at a distance of 14 km from Anjar town & Taluka Headquarter.-History:...
, Meghpar Khedoi
Khedoi
Khedoi is large village near the town Anjar and the taluka of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat.Village is located 14 KM from nearest town Anjar.Village is again sub-divided into Nani-Khedoi and Moti-Khedoi...
, Jambudi
Jambudi
Jambudi is a village near the Bhuj, the taluka of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located at a distance of about 20 km from Bhuj Taluka and District Headquarter of Kutch.-History:...
and Devaliya. The Bhuvad
Bhuvad
Bhuvad / Bhuwad is a village in Anjar Taluka of Kutch district of Gujarat, India.It is located at a distance of 17.2 km far from its Taluka town Anjar...
, Shenoi & Medai villages in Kutch were also founded by them. So all together, they have founded twenty-three villages in Kutch. They are famous designers and architects of most of historic monuments of Kutch. In the mid-19th century they also established themselves as railway contractors and coal mine entrepreneurs, and became famous across India as Kutchi Contractor. They are famous designers and developers of buildings and bridges. Today the Mistris of Kutch
Mistri
Mistri, or Mistry, is a term for a master-craftsman, foreman or supervisor of manual workers in India. Mistri is being replaced with "supervisor" and other terms, as for example by the Indian Railway who replaced it with supervisor in 2005....
are found in almost all States of India, where they migrated in decades of 1850-1900 for doing Railway Contracts.
Please refer to page Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas
Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas
Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas or Mistris of Kutch or Kadia Kshatriyas of Kutch, are a Hindu community of the Kutch District of Gujarat state in India...
for their history and contributions 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...
.
Kadia Kshatriyas outside India
The diaspora of this community can be found in all major British Colonies, where they migrated in the mid 19th century. The main diaspora are found in Burma, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Fiji, and South Africa. More recently, due to political instability in last few decades in many African countries, the community has migrated to United Kingdom, USA, Canada and other nations, while some have returned to IndiaReligion & Customs
The community is HinduHindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
and have their clan's also worship their, individual Kuldevi or Kuldevta
Kuldevta
Kuladevata or Kuladevi, also known as Kuladev and Kŭladaiwat, stands for "family deity, that is either a god or a goddess" within Hinduism, as distinct from personal ishta-devata and village deities...
.
The Kadia Kshatriyas are strictly endogamous
Endogamy
Endogamy is the practice of marrying within a specific ethnic group, class, or social group, rejecting others on such basis as being unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relationships. A Greek Orthodox Christian endogamist, for example, would require that a marriage be only with another...
community, and practice the principle of clan endogamy
Endogamy
Endogamy is the practice of marrying within a specific ethnic group, class, or social group, rejecting others on such basis as being unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relationships. A Greek Orthodox Christian endogamist, for example, would require that a marriage be only with another...
.
The community is largely vegetarian in diet and avoid alcohol.
See Also
- Kadia (community)Kadia (community)Kadia is a Hindu community in Gujarat State of India. They are specialised in masonry works, artistic carvings and sculpting as well as artistic wooden works.- History and origin :...
- Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya
- Kadia KumbharKadia KumbharKadia Kumbhar are a minority Hindu community found in Gujarat State of India. They generally speak Gujarati language. They are one the Backward Classes of Gujarat. Their total population is estimated to be only 11,000....
- MistrisMistri (caste)The Mistri or Mistris are a Hindu caste found in state of Gujarat in India.-Names of casts known as Mistri:There are two different casts by same name:-...