Jhingan

Jhingan is a surname in India. In India every surname has a significance attatched to it. All surname represents more than a name or just the last name. A surname has its origin as to its first ancestors and how it get evolved. It holds wth it the secret of lineage and represents a section of prople to which it belong. It represents sectional, geographic, religion, ethenic and statehood belonging in India. A caste system is prevalent in India and is still continuing from the ancient times. Still this system is the most powerful and active mechanism in regulating Indian society in terms of its living, marital affairs, birth rituals, educational needs, life style and death rituals too. JHINGAN as a surname represents following things:

Anyone with JHINGAN surname is most often:

• An Indian i.e. citizen of India (Country in South Asia)

• Is a Punjabi i.e. belonging to or having some connection with the state of PUNJAB in India, with respect to cultural or historical lineage.

• Is a Hindu by religion.

• Is a Brahmin.

• In Brahimn,the belongingness is to a sub caste of "SARASWAT BRAHMIN"

• In PUNJAB state, the region belonging to is "DOAB Region"

• Gotra : Bhardawaj

• Worship : Nag Devta (Lord of Snakes) and Lord Shiva.

• Their Ved: Rig Veda (Holy Book for Knowladge of Religious Rituals & Hymns)

• Their earliest habituation was on the banks of river Saraswati.

Saraswat Brahmins

Saraswat Brahmins are Brahmins who lived on the banks of the former river Saraswati that once flowed in northern India, joining the Ganga and Yamuna in Prayag. Saraswats are considered among the oldest and most widespread community in India, still preserving their own culture. There is a Shaivite as well as a Vaishnavite sect in Saraswats. Around 1000 BC, the river Saraswati started drying out and the people on its banks started migrating to other parts of India thus forming sub-communities. There are many sub-communities in Saraswats, including:

1. Goud Saraswat Brahmins(found in Majority in Goa,Maharashtra,Karnataka,Kerala)
2. Chitrapur Saraswats
3. Bhalavalikar/Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins
4. Kashimri Saraswats (Kashmiri Pandits)
5. Punjabi Saraswats/Punjabi Brahmins
6. Sind Saraswats
7. Kutch Saraswats
8. Rajasthan Saraswats
9. Saraswat Catholics
10. saraswat's from uttranchal

The Hierarchy in Saraswat Brahmins:

Following are the divisions of Saraswat Brahmins:

1. Brahmin of Brahmins
2. Brahmins of Khatri's (Warrior Clan)
   1. Panchjati/ Panjatia (Group of 5 elite Brahmin Clans)
      1. Jhingan
      2. Jaitley
      3. Mohla
      4. Trikha
      5. Kumaria
   2. Cheejati (Next group of 6 Clans)
   3. Sarin
   4. Asht - Bans (Group of 8 Clans)
   5. Bhunjahi
3. Brahmins of Arora's
4. Brahmins of Jat's
5. Brahmins of Inferior Castes