Paliwal

Paliwal is a surname in India that many families have adopted from their place of origin: Pali. Pali was for many years a center of trade and commerce, located in the current state of Rajasthan in India. Although these people practiced many religions and belonged to different Hindu castes, most of them were Brahmins. A lot of them belong to jain community too, who call themselves DIGAMBER PALLIWAL JAINS.

Etymology and use

The origin of the surname Paliwal is Pali wale (a person from Pali). Most of the inhabitants of Pali were called Paliwals. As well as Brahmins, some other groups from Uttarakhand, Malwa and Gujarat use this surname.

Origins

There are no exact answer to question of origin ,in fact there are two major views on this topic. First one is that paliwal came from the small town of palitana.Culture of paliwal people still resembles with Gujarati culture.

Second view says that paliwal come from Pali was a small kingdom in the Thar desert of India that the inhabitants turned into an oasis. At some point in the 13th century, unhappy with what they saw as tyrannical behaviour by the King of Pali, they migrated to the area of Kuldhara in the then state of Jaisalmer. Their origin was identified by the appellation Paliwal. It is said that each new Paliwal family was welcomed into the 84 villages around Kuldhara with a brick and a gold coin from every other family in the village. The brick was used in the building of a house and the gold to start a business or farm. As the community's prosperity was rebuilt, it became the target of Mughal invasions. Apparently in the 18th century there was a raid which resulted in the wells being poisoned by animal carcasses, and which caused this Brahmin community to migrate away again from the Kuldhara area. Some paliwal clans are also rajput.The Rajput community of paliwals were migrated to eastern and western UP.Some of the families migrated to north bihar. Paliwal rajputs have strong hold in politics in northern Bihar. Paliwal Rajputs are the descendents of pandavas.Paliwal Rajputs having VYAGRAPATH GOTRA AND BELONGING TO BHARATVANSH.

Paliwal is only the surname in rajputs they belong to the Palwal Rajput from chandrawansh and being the ancestor of the King Bharat and pandwas some rajputs mentioned themselves as Bharatvanshi. Palwal Rajputs are the great fighters in their own times and they were not associated directly for any of the war. They were traders and love to carry gold , that is the only fact they migrated time to time from one place to another.

They belngs to Vyaghra gotra with honest prayer of the Devata Nag. There are so many rare information about the Kuldevi and Kuldevata of Palwar rajputs but shri Krishna is from the same vansh and forworded it to yadavas. In samved they belong to Lord Shiva and spiritual in terms of Brahmin Seva and the faith in Nag.

There are some sacred-text available in the royal library of mewar(private library and belongs to royal family of udaipur) at udaipur about history of paliwal.

There is one more history mythology in Pali Rajasthan that palwal rajputs are basically solanki Rajputs , some says that they belongs to pandavas and they are tomar rajputs , some Paliwal Rajputs in UP pray Goddess Kali Mata and Elephant before every good and bad situations.

Where some believe that Kuldevi of the palwal rajputs is Kshemkari ( Khimji ) mata in Janore, Pali , Rajasthan.

As Solanki Rajputs dynasty vanish after 1100 bc and wadhelas of Gujrat carry the same in the future this rajputs are known by the Raja Pal ( last King of Solanki Dynasty ) Whose 4th Grand father was Raja Vyahgradeo. further they started writing the Vyhaghra Gotra as there dynesty.

They are majorally based in Pichada Varg ( below economy zone ) of Uttar Pradesh, not developed due to less educations and there migrations for food and shelter to the various metro cities of India. Need to think about this great historical community fighter.

We are not having so called written history about the community, there family culture, values and also the Kuldevi and Kuldevtas of Palwal which will help them to provide right prayer and blessing of their origin and kuldevi and devtas , will lead to go ahead.