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The Chandila or Chandella are a clan found among the Gurjar people of India and Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Religion-wise they're mostly Hindus but a small pocket of Chandhelas is also found among the Muslim Gujjars. Variation of the clan name include Chandela, Chandella, Chandhela & Chandila . [5] [6] It is also a small subclan of Laur group of Gujjars in eastern Rajasthan. [7] [8]
They usually follow and worship the Karas Deva a folk deity of the Chandilla Gujjars. They honor 'Baba-Karas dev', a northern Indian who believed to born before the Mughal Empire in northern India. [9] Many areas in southern Rajasthan, northern Gujarat, and western Madhya Pradesh, where clans are numerous, are home to numerous temples dedicated to this diety (Baba-Karas-Deva). And Chandhella Gujjjars from other states visit a large temple of 'Karas-dev' every year in Rajasthan's Jalalpure village near to participate in the religuous rituals. [10] [9]
Some Chandilla Gujjars are found in pakistani-Punjab, Pakistani side Kashmir [2] and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas of Pakistan. But they are mostly located in Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Indian-Punjab [4] Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan [4] and Dehli areas of north India. Chandela Gujjars have many villages in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh but one of the most famous their village is in Gwalior city of Madhya Pradesh in central Indian states. but before British rule they were mostly settled in the Marwar region of Rajasthan. [2]
Gujjars:The most important of which are Batar, Haman, Khatana, Rathe, Bhatti, Chandela and Tomar.
Beams states on the authority of Dickson that a Chandela Branch of Gujars inhabits the Marwar country.
The Chandela Gujjars inhabit Rajasthan U.P. and Punjab. Rai is a famous town of Chandela Gurjars in Gwalior.
Gujjar leader came to power and ruled Peshawar , Kabul A typical Gujjar and even Multan. Some of their sub-castes are, Chandel, Bhatti , Banja , Lodhe , Kasane , Bhensi , Chopra , Chauhan , Chechi , Khatapa.
The gotras of Laur Gujars of eastern Rajasthan: Kumbar, Madi, Kasana, Sisanda, Chadri, Chechi, Chaur, Chandela, etc.
Laur Gujjar group: Bagadwal, Chandela, Chaur, Dhakar, Kushana (Kasona), Katara, Mokar, Mutan, Tanwar, Madi, Kumbhar, Sisanda, Chechi.
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The Chandila or Chandella are a clan found among the Gurjar people of India and Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Religion-wise they're mostly Hindus but a small pocket of Chandhelas is also found among the Muslim Gujjars. Variation of the clan name include Chandela, Chandella, Chandhela & Chandila . [5] [6] It is also a small subclan of Laur group of Gujjars in eastern Rajasthan. [7] [8]
They usually follow and worship the Karas Deva a folk deity of the Chandilla Gujjars. They honor 'Baba-Karas dev', a northern Indian who believed to born before the Mughal Empire in northern India. [9] Many areas in southern Rajasthan, northern Gujarat, and western Madhya Pradesh, where clans are numerous, are home to numerous temples dedicated to this diety (Baba-Karas-Deva). And Chandhella Gujjjars from other states visit a large temple of 'Karas-dev' every year in Rajasthan's Jalalpure village near to participate in the religuous rituals. [10] [9]
Some Chandilla Gujjars are found in pakistani-Punjab, Pakistani side Kashmir [2] and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas of Pakistan. But they are mostly located in Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Indian-Punjab [4] Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan [4] and Dehli areas of north India. Chandela Gujjars have many villages in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh but one of the most famous their village is in Gwalior city of Madhya Pradesh in central Indian states. but before British rule they were mostly settled in the Marwar region of Rajasthan. [2]
Gujjars:The most important of which are Batar, Haman, Khatana, Rathe, Bhatti, Chandela and Tomar.
Beams states on the authority of Dickson that a Chandela Branch of Gujars inhabits the Marwar country.
The Chandela Gujjars inhabit Rajasthan U.P. and Punjab. Rai is a famous town of Chandela Gurjars in Gwalior.
Gujjar leader came to power and ruled Peshawar , Kabul A typical Gujjar and even Multan. Some of their sub-castes are, Chandel, Bhatti , Banja , Lodhe , Kasane , Bhensi , Chopra , Chauhan , Chechi , Khatapa.
The gotras of Laur Gujars of eastern Rajasthan: Kumbar, Madi, Kasana, Sisanda, Chadri, Chechi, Chaur, Chandela, etc.
Laur Gujjar group: Bagadwal, Chandela, Chaur, Dhakar, Kushana (Kasona), Katara, Mokar, Mutan, Tanwar, Madi, Kumbhar, Sisanda, Chechi.