Mahawar Vaishya

Mahawar Vaishya is a category of Marwari Bania caste of the Hindu religion. Mostly based in Alwar, Jaipur, Mathura, Mandi Govind Garh, Rewari and also across India and abroad. They believe in Hinduism, Vaishnav and Sanatan Dharma and are called Vaishnav Bania. They are devotees of Krishna and other Hindu gods. They are strict vegetarian and avoid consuming alcohol.

Mahawars has history as old as Lord Krishna, as there are many historic evidence exists for the existence of Mahawars during Lord Krishna's time both while in Mathura UP and in Dwarika Gujarat.

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Some of the famous Mahawars in the History includes Great donor Mr. BhamaShah without whose help Proud of Rajasthan, great emperor Maharana Pratap could not win the war against Mughal king Akbar. 

The Vaishyas are in third position in Hindu caste system. Vaishyas supposedly evolved from Brahma's thighs. The Vaishya's duty was to ensure the community's prosperity through trade and merchandising. The colour associated with this Varna is yellow, which symbolises Rajas/Tamas, meaning quality in general.

It is believed that Bania community is originated 5000 years ago when an ancestor Maharaja Agrasen (or Ugarsain) of Agroha, Haryana divided the Vaishya community into eighteen clans. Some traditional North Indian surnames include Aggarwal, Gupta, Lala, Seth, Vaish, Mahawar, Sahu and Sahukar.

There are six subgroups among the Bania - the Bisa (Vaish), Dasa (Gata), Saralia, Saraogi (Jain), Maheshwari (Shaiva) and Oswal. The Bisa believe that they are the descendents of the seventeen snake daughters of Bashak Nag (cobra) who married seventeen sons of Ugarsain. The husbands slept with the handmaidens of the snake daughters resulting in Dasa offspring. The Bisa (twenty) consider themselves of a higher status to the Dasa (ten). The Saralia are an offshoot of the Bisa who migrated to Saralia, near Ambala in Haryana.

According to the Hindu caste system the Bania (Vaishya) are third in hierarchy below Rajputs and Brahmins but higher than all other castes. Due to the caste status Banias accept food and water from higher castes but will not offer food and water in return, but they will give to lower castes, but will not accept food from them. They speak Hindi amongst themselves as well as the regional language of the states they reside in.

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