Rajpurohit

Rajpurohit (राजपुरोहित)

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• India
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• Rajasthani • Hindi • English
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• Hinduism
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Indo-Aryan people

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Rajpurohit (राजपुरोहित) is a subgroup of Hindu Brahmins (Brāhmaṇa, ब्राह्मणः) with its roots in Rishikul (great revered Indian sages from Vedic era) in India.

They are considered as the oldest brahmins who were associated with the ruling class of a kingdom since ancient ages in India. As a tradition Rajpurohits were not only involved in heading the religious rites and duties but also provide selfless service to the state, they were considered to be guardians of the state. They were as much into mentoring royal house, educating princes, guiding king on the path of dharma, providing advise on the matters of welfare of the state, performing religious duties as they were into helping in maintaining the security of kingdom by being actively involved in battles. Guru Dronacharya and Kripacharya were the Rajpurohits of the ancient kingdom of Hastinapur who participated in the great war of Mahabharata on behalf of the state during fall of the Dvapara Yuga. Present day Rajpurohits also trace this spirit of martial hood from the great Brahmin warrior sage Parashurama. As an example, the Junagarh fort in Bikaner houses memorial of Jagram ji Rajpurohit who died fighting for the cause of the state. As a custom, every wedding in the royal family of Bikaner is incomplete without paying homage to him. Such cenotaphs and headstones of Rajpurohits can be found all over Marwar and Bikaner. Chanakya (Sanskrit: चाणक्य Cāṇakya) (c. 350-283 BCE) was an adviser, a prime minister and Rajpurohit to the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta (c. 340-293 BCE), and architect of his rise to power. Along with the other surnames like Dixit, Goswami etc., Purohit/Rajpurohit is also used as a surname among the Brahmins.

Historical evolution as a community

Presently Rajpurohits as a community majorly dwell in the state of Rajasthan in India. There are more than 100 sub-castes of Rajpurohit each associated with one ruling ancient Kshatriya clan or the other. Some of them are Raithala,Sevad, Siya/Siha, Jagarwal, Udesh, Manana, Mutha, Sodha, Rajguru/Rajgur/Rajgar, Raigur/Raigar, Paliwal, Gundecha, Santhua, Panchlod, Sidhap, Udesh/Audichya, Dudawat, Trambkoti, Balvasa/Balocha, Ridwa, Aboti, Joshi, Vyas, Podharwal, Fandar, Daviyal, Kevancha, Sepau, Kesariya, Bakaliya, Makwana, Ojha, Ajariya, Badmera, Sanchora, Titopa, Dadala, Kedariya, Joshi/Jui, Vyas, Radbada & Halsiya. Each of these sub-castes individually had been Rajpurohit(Royal caretakers/priests) of a Kshatriya clan in India and were in lineage to various ancient Rishis. As a normal practice of those times the marriage relationships between rajpurohit families associated with different gotras was common place. With the passage of time the kingdoms were created and decimated but these Brahmins were woven together in a community named Rajpurohit. Rajpurohit as a community is a group of brahmins who are/were royal caretakers and priests of a Hindu Kingdom in medival times. Over last few centuries, Rajpurohits were inculcated into feudal structure of Rajasthan as they time to time received grants of villages called Jagirs from rulers. Consequently, they came closer to Rajputs in terms of tradition, way of living and customs. Though they retained the Brahminical customes of vegetarianism, wearing of Janeu etc. They address each other as Jagirdars and normally have Singh as their middle name.

Today the members of Rajpurohit community have spread across the length and breadth of the world. The major occupations of Rajpurohits are Farming, Food & Catering, Cloth & Textile merchants and Cosmetics. While many of them have managed to get into prestigious jobs and professional degrees.

Demography

Rajpurohit a Title bestowed upon those learned Brahmins, who were masters in 4 arts i.e. mantra's( all rituals), economics, politics and warfare.They were the "Brain of King's". They looked after the administrative running of the kingdoms.In the course of their service to the kingdom, according to ancient traditions, the kings use to award few non-taxable villages or land known as Sasan Jagir and donated call Doli Jagir within his kingdom to their Rajpurohits. These villages or land were considered to be free from any ruler, and were outside the ambit of any form of tax. Also any member of Kshatriya clan were barred to reside in such jagirs. Even today, this is a fact in many parts of Rajasthan. Since in India, the majority of Rathori raj was prevalent in Rajasthan before the independence of India, the Rajpurohit caste is prominently found in Marwar & Godwad region of Rajasthan i.e. Jodhpur, Jalore, Pali, Nagaur, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Churu & Sirohi districts of Rajasthan. Most of the Rajpurohits who live in other parts of India, can trace back their roots, up to one to two generations, back to some village of Rajasthan. However some parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh with their common boundary with Rajasthan do have members from Rajpurohit community residing there for quite some time.

Beliefs

Since the Rajpurohits are believers Indo-Aryan Sanātana Dharma, they believe in preserving ancient Hindu Vedic Culture and follow majority of common Hindu customs and rituals. A male rajpurohit has Janeu, the sacred thread on his shoulder. It denotes that bearer should be pure in his thought, word and deed. The sacred thread reminds the bearer to lead a regulated life with purity in his thought, word and deed. These threads also represent the debt that is owed to the spiritual guru, parents and society. Rajpurohits are pure vegetarian and generally non-drinkers. They normally use Rajasthani/Marwari, a major language spoken in the western Rajasthan.

Current State of Community

It is commonly believed that previous two centuries were more or less Dark Age for Rajpurohit community. By mid 19th century almost all the Kshatriya kingdoms of Rajasthan came under British protectorate. The British interference increased in the matter of states and this had its own repercussions on Rajputs and Rajpurohits. Slowly and slowly, Kingship distanced from Kshatriya Dharma and the role of Rajpurohits also diminished in statecraft. The taxfree Jagirs ensured that education lost its importance. Over centuries Rajpurohits saw transformation from a highly educated Vedic community to a primarily agrarian society.

Medival social evils of Purdah(Veil) system, Dowry etc. were also inculcated in the Rajpurohit Society. Once fountainheads of education and moral torch bearers of Sanātana Dharma in India were now reduced to a largely illiterate agrarian society. With the advent of Indian independence in 1947, the community saw itself much diminished in economic and political clout.

In past six decades, many of the community members migrated to various Indian cities in search of business opportunities. With sheer hardwork several of them are now successful businessmen. Learning from changing situation and persistence of people like Sant Atmanand Ji Maharaj who opened several youth hostels, the community saw a boost in education. This resulted in many community members joining state and central services along with other professions. Although education levels are on the rise but there is still a scope of improvement in women education. Having developed conservatism over years, women education levels have been very low.

Politically, a strong benevolence in Hindu Dharma made right wing political parties an obvious choice for the community. Resulting in majority of community votes going to parties like BJP. But modern poltics being an unknown turf coupled with political immaturity, Rajpurohits have mostly been a vote bank to political parties. Even in the regions with strong presence of Rajpurohits, hardly any political party historically choose a representative from them. This situation owed much to lack of unity between community members and their personal egos. Until recently, when other communities were keeping their own welfare and political representation above and over political ideologies, Rajpurohits still seemed to be living in a neverland of idealism. Community awakened and came together after Sant Khetaram ji Maharaj/Kheteshwar ji Maharaj sacrificed himself in mid 1980s, for the greater good of humanity as a whole and Rajpurohits in particular. Gradually, there had been a political awakening in the community with number of political representatives from community in both major parties, BJP and Indian National Congress increasing in 21st century.

Child Marriages are decreasing but Dowry system, lavish marriages and Nyat(function after someone's demise) etc. are eating up lot of community resources and finances. Opium addicton has also came up as a challenge to the community which needs immediate attention.

Gotras

Sevad

Sevad is one of the major subcaste/gotra of Rajpurohits which envelops about 40 percent of Rajpurohit community. They are Rajpurohits of Rathores and were given Jagirs all over the Rathori States (Marwar, Bikaner, Kishangarh, Idar {Himmatnagar}, Ratlam, kushlghar, Jhabua, Sailan, Sitamau, Alirajpur. Their Gotra is Bhardwaj and Kuldevi is Nagnechay and var devi is Bishasthmata.

It is said that their ancestor Rajpurohit Devpal Dev came to the region of Marwar with Rao Sheoji Rathore from Kannauj. A family known to us as the "Gahadvala" dynasty ruled Kannauj; their best-known dynast was Raja Jaichand, their last king. The Gahadvalas were displaced from Kannauj by the invasion, in 1194 CE, of Muhammad of Ghor.It is said that Rao Sheoji, a surviving grandson of Jaichand, on pilgrimage to Dwarika along with Rajpurohit Devpal Dev around 1272 samvatsari, met a few Paliwal Brahmins at Pushkar. Pali was a flourishing and prosperous trade center en route Persia, central Asia and Middle-East and beyond. It was governed by local brahmins. The Brahmins requested Rao Sheoji to come to Pali and help them get rid of local tribal people and marauding bands, who were harassing and looting them time to time. Rao Sheoji and his fellow men defeated tribal chiefs first and eventually succeeded in conquering Pali from the brahmins as well. This was the first conquest of Rathores in present day Marwar and paved the way for building up of Rathori Raj. Then they expanded to khed near today's Balotra and slowly with time conquered Malani region from local Rajput clans.

Rajpurohit Devpal Dev was given many villages as jagir. The service lent by Rajpurohits to the state was rewarded with more jagiri lands by Rathore kingdom during the course of time.

Main Jagiri villages or Thikana of Sevad rajpurohits are : Kanodia Purohitan, Dhandhora,Bawri Kalan, Bawri Khurd (Phalodi),Barakhuard purohitan (JODHPUR) ,Bikarlai, Desalsar , kolasar (churu) Kalyanpura(Churu)badabas(osian) Thob(Osian), Barli, Tinwari, Khichan, Kharabera Purohitan, Mehri Purohitan(Sardarshahar), Heyadesar (Nokha), Kisnasar (Nokha), Rasisar (Bikaner), Mohrai, Tunkaliya, Jatiawas, Ghevda, Ghantiyala, Chavandia, Bhavanda, Dhundhiyadi (Nagaur), Talkia, Rupawas, Chadwas, Dodu (Nagaur), Toliyasar,Dheerdesar Purohitan(Bikaner), Adsar, Kotri Purohitan, Borawar, Kuchaman, (Panchdoliya) which is known as best village for worshiping their kuldevi Nagnechay were every year navrathri function is carried out with full of enthuthisium to see the function and get blessing of maa Nagnechay many people come from different cities to attend the function of maa Nagnechay the people of this village are very patriotic for the sake of their kuldevi, Pachava, Maroot, Purohiton Ka Bass,surayata e,Rajiyasar(ganga nagar),narwa purohitan(khinwasar)

Shree Gaud

Shree Gaud is one of the major cast of Rajpurohits. They lives in many villages, some villages of them- Chandesra,Juna Somesra,Lapundra,Dandali,Desu.

Sodha

Pithalji Sodha(Rajpurohit) came with Rao Sheoji and Rajpurohit Devpal Dev from Kannauj, he brought the idol of Maa Nagnechaya, kuldevi of Sodha's and Rathore's. Since then Sodha Rajpurohits are main trustees of Maa Nagnechaya Temple(Nagana). Sodha's(Rajpurohit) Kuldevi Shree Nagnechaya Maa and Shree Someshwar Mahadev temples Pran-Pratishtha was performed at Mayalawas Purohitan (Ta.-Siwana,Dist.-Barmer) on 7 May 2009.

They were given villages as jagir and these are sodha ki dhani(fulargadh)Mandli Guman Singhji, Tarsinghdi, Mayalawas ,Ludrada ,Gudda-Nal, Megawas, Deriya, Simrakhia, Rewada, and Bassi(Jodhpur).

Siha

Bhatelai, Hingola (Jodhpur), Bambore, Meghlasia, Balotra, Golian, Simrakhia- these all seven villages are sibling villages maintained as Jagirs of Siha Rajpurohit. Chamunda Mata is Kuldevi of the Siha Rajpurohits. Gotra Rishi of Siha Rajpurohits is Maharshi Piplad. The first four villages fall in the Jodhpur District. The remaining three villages are in Barmer District. Rajaldesar in siha lived in very high numbers

Raigur

RAIGUR originally they were the adopted son of rajput kingdom of chauhan dyanasty when chauhans rajpurohit was not having a child. king gave one of his son to them from there onwards these gotra came into force .They are well known for their bravery 'they originated from [Jalore].'Ashapura Mata is their kuldevi. They are seen mainly jalore-

Sankarna,noon.Sirohi-varada,noon,chadual.khirodi purohitan, Sokra, Kharokara Purohitaan , Vingarla, Falna Gaon and Faalna Tunkra to name a chawarchha (jalore),gadana (pali) NOSAL(AJMER )(NEAR ROONAGARH UJOLI)

Rajguru

Maharishi Vashishtha is the ancestor of Rajgurus. Their Kuldevi is sarshawti ma "chadual" the chadual king is m.k.rajpurohit and their prominent villages are Balera, Silore,Bisurajguran, Doli, Radwa, Vani,pandit ji ki dhani(bethwasiya,osian) Basni Purohitan [Osian]Odwada Patau (kalyanpur) and Langera. Balera village is sansan of rajguru& our kuldevi Koobarmataji old Tempel in balera villag. The Silore village is often spoken as "Sasan bada Silore gaanv".village chitrodi jaloreBold text

Gundesha

Villages of Gundesha or Gundecha are Barwa Mada,lopi Norwa, Nimbada Mandal and Varka,Garasani,Asop,MADA is oldest and very big village among them,this is a fighter community and these all village capture after fighting with local bhil community,not thru gift of maharaja and any kind of donation.

Manana

Manana is one of the major Rajpurohit community. Main Jagiri villages or Thikana of Manana Rajpurohits are JASOL, BAMANU(PHALODI) ,Narnadi, Manana basni,Patau,Sarwari Purohitan and Kaludi & Hingola Khurd (Pali),

Jagarwal

Jagarwal is a subcaste/gotra of Rajpurohit caste. The gotra of Jagarwal rajpurohits is Vasistha. Brahmarshi Vasistha was Rajpurohit / Rajguru of Suryavanshi Kshatriyas / Sun Dynasty. Jagarwal Rajpurohits migrated from Sesali Village of Jalore district in Rajasthan. Jagarwal Rajpurohits were Rajpurohits of Parmara Rajputs who were rulers of Jalore. Bal Rishi / Jabali Rishi was ancestor of Jagarwal Rajpurohits. Jalore / Jabalipur was named after Bal Rishi / Jabali Rishi. Bal Rishi had 12 Sasan villages (Rent free villages) including Balwara. Later on Jagarwal Rajpurohits became Rajpurohits of Sindhal Rathore rajputs. Kuldevi of Jagarwal Rajpurohits is Jageshwari Devi / Jwalamukhi Devi.

Before independence Jagarwal Rajpurohits had many Sasan Jagir villages in Marwar & Godwad region i.e. Punadiya, Gola, Jasnagar, Kakindra, Lambiyan, Rewatada, Veerana, Modran, Dakatara, Bagra (Marwar), Basda Dhanji, Dhola Sasan, Akadada, Dhariya, Lapod, Auwa Sasan & Champa Khedi,Dhangadwas BHAGLI etc.

Mutha

In current time Mutha's are an affluent Gotra among Rajpurohits in Rajasthan and their lineage is drawn from Shri Somoji. There are five villages of Muthas: namely Rungari, Pilowani, Vanadar, Ghenari and Shivtalav.Rungari is the oldest village among all five villages and persons of all four villages respects Rungari as big brother,and Shivtalav is at a distance whereas rest four villages share boundaries. These four villages are collectively called Shon/Sansan, which means affluent and ruling class.Rohini Maata is kuldevi of mutha,the temple of Rohini Maata is located in Vandar,From year2009 new construction for RohiniMaata temple started and it may be possible to complete in year 2010(current year).The Maataji temple development started with support of all Rajpurohit from Vandar. Muthas lay great emphasis on education and as a result, there are quite a many doctors and engineers (with a few students from Indian Institute of Technology(IIT)). Many of them are into Rajasthan Administrative Service(RAS) and in various government departments. Few have settled in metros and outside India, still all keep in touch and visit their villages quite often. There is a close bounding in Muthas- in fact, They come to their villages from all over to celebrate Holi festival which lasts for a week at these places. Muthas are known in business as well. Woman literacy is very high in this "Gotra" and there are graduates and postgraduates from villages. Locality of these villages is almost same e.g. all villages are situated on the bank of river Sumeri/Bandi at the heart of Aravali Mountain. All villages have similar entrance via 'Perole' means Huge Gate single entrance,and have the temple of Charbhujanath, all villages have large Banyan trees in "akhriya" which give cool shadow to villagers, similar well called "ponaga" and water tank for supply of pure drinking water.

Shreerakh

Main Jagiri Villages or Thikana of Shreerakh rajpurohits are: Phogera,Bisukala, kanod, Girab, Goradiya.

biti

biti ajmer biti purohitan is situated 15 Kms from Kishangarh Railway station ajmer district approximate 150 houses of (sevad)Rajpurohits only "THE MAIN bishanth MA" The pride of village. for any contect and more details - arjun babu singh bichla bass biti

Vyas

Village of Vyas rajpurohits are Sankhwali in jalore district and Pathi in Pali district in Pathi is famous for Guru maharaj kheteshwar ji's dhuna and old temple.

Bakalia

Village of bakalia rajpurohits are Sathuni,Kelan kot,and karvad is near by jodhpur.

Daiyal

Daiyal rajpurohit lives in Surani the village of rajpurohit only two families of Daiyal Rajpurohit are there and now they are 8 brothers.

Villages of Rajpurohit Brothers

Bawari Kalla, Bawari Khurd (Phalodi)

Bawari kalla and Bawri Khurd are situated 14 KM. and 16 km. from phalodi respectively on shekhasar road with an approximate 800 rajpurohits houses respectively.One of the biggest village of Sevad rajpurohit.Founder of the bawari village was mr. Aaskaran G Sevad anfd they were three brothers one was Aaskaran ji Second one was the founder of Bawari Khurd and Third one was the founder of village bada these three village are village of three brothers.Bawari kalaa is well known for var devi Maa bishath mata mandir, Maa sirwal mandir, Sand dune near by Maa sirwal mandir,Mahadev ji ka mandir near by bawari and for A BIG BAWARI AS WELL.Sevad Gotra rajpurohits live in these villages. From these two villages there are lots of govt servants and businessmen and well educated engineers are spread all over India and beyond too.All the big decisions of village are taken here on Diwali and holi festival as all the villagers get together in the chowk of village.

Notable encouraging person of bawari who encouraged people to do something extra ordinary.

Mr. Khinv singh rajpurohit the great man who lost his life in Jodhpur to save local people even he was not posted there but he went just to save the innocent people from Pavata Mandi dispute was from Bawari kalla only.

Vikrom singh Rajpurohit born and brought up in Delhi.Studied in Delhi and in Pondicherry for french language.A guy who joined software company as Associate Software Enginer just passing after his 10+2 and in a year he become an software engineer just because of his hard work.He received lots of appreciation from foreigners as he was familiar with french language so he worked for France and now he has been promoted to senior software engineer and still working with the same organisation with good amount of pay and respect.A very good example for youngistan.

A small story of Vicky(Vikrom Singh)

He was lovable person of his family he got whatever he wanted unfortunately he left his studie after 10th then started his own business and from there only he learned about the value of education and closed that shop ater 3 years then again started his study and in result he got a very good job with expected salary and today bawari village is proud to have a Boy like him.With 22 year of age he got lots of responsibilities he got married lost his dad now he is the only one man army in his family with three too small sister's and brother but he managed everything as he is getting good salary and have ideas how to run a family and keep them happy because his dad person tought him everything.

Thakur ji ka mandir of Bawari Kalla attract people as it is made with the great sculpture and stone from the Bharatpur and Dhaulpur.It is situated near by maa Bishath Mata temple all bawari people feel proud of it.

Bikarlai

Bikarlai is situated 12 kms from Jaitaran(tehsil) in pali district...the rajpurohits of this village are the descendants of shri "Mulraj ji"..the miraculous "Shri shri 1008 Shobadas ji ki kutiya" is situated in this village. shri 108 sadhviji Santosh baisa is also from this village.. bharat singh rajpurohit

Bamanu Mananawat

Bamanu situated in Pahlodi tehsil Jodhpur, known for Rani Bhatiyani Temple.

Nimbara Goundesha

In Pali district near Somesar railway station.

Kharokara Purohitaan

Kharokara Purohitaan is a village situated near Rani in Pali District. Kharokara Purohitaan is sometimes called "Kashmir Ka Tukda", owing to the sceneric beauty the village holds.

Mandal

Mandal is a village situated on the rivarbank of Sukhadi near the station Rani in Pali district. It has an approximate population of 10,000. It is known for Bayosa and Charbhuja temple visited by devotees from all over the country to fulfill their "BADHAs"(wishes). In Mandal you will find mainly five Gotras of Rajpurohit, that is Gundesha, Paliwal, Raybada, Aabeta and Selarwal.

Hingola Khurd (Pali)

Hingola Khurd is situated on Kharchi Tehsil near the Pali City (40-km) with an approximate population of 2,000. It is known for its Godaw Bayosa and Vijaynadi Temple. Manana Sevad gotra Rajpurohits mainly dewell in this village.

Sathuni PUROHITAN

Sathuni purohitaan and kelankot are village of bakalia purohit and both are brothers both villages situated on Phalodi to Ahmedabad mega highway Road.Their kuldevi is Viratra Devi bankal maa.

Chandesra via-Baytu

Chandesra and Juna Somesra are village of Shree Gaud rajpurohit and both are brothers. its nearest at Baytu tehsil, and distrik- Barmer. some brothers of this village are live in Lapundra named village,it is nearest from Pareu-Pachapdra.

Notable Rajpurohits

• Brahmarshi Sant Khetaram ji Maharaj/Kheteshwar ji Maharaj - Revered saint who laid down his mortal beings for greater good of common folk - see Asotra
• Brahmarshi Sant Tulsaram ji Maharaj - Present head of Brahma Temple, Asotra
• Sant DattCharnanand ji Maharaj - Head of Gopal Govardhan Goushala, Pathmeda (Sanchore), Jalore. Constructed and runs world's biggest Goushala after dedicating his entire life for serving cows (Gou Maata).
• Sant Atmanand ji Maharaj - Revered educationist of the community
• Late Dr. Devi singh ji 'Sarvan' Ratlam(M.P.) - freedom fighter & ex. health minisatar of Madhya Pradesh
• Late Mohan Singh ji 'Ghenari' - He was the Dean of first Vetanary College of India - was popularly called 'Deanshaeb'
• Late Tikam Singh ji 'Kanodia' - Retd. Adl. S.P. (Rajasthan Police) - Notable in encouraging fellow community men in joining Police services in his long stint in services from 50's to 80's.
• Late Chunni Lal Ji Rajpurohit, Bawari Khurd (Phalodi), Retd. Chief Nursing Superintendent, Government of Rajasthan.
• Late Pukhraj Singh ji Rajpurohit, Bawari Khurd (Phalodi), Retd. Addl SP (Rajasthan Police).
• Late Khinv singh ji Rajpurohit,Bawari Kalla (Phalodi),RAC officer in jodhpur
• MR. Vikrom Singh Rajpurohit The First software engineer of bawari kalla and topper of each semster of his institute Alliance francais.
• Mr. Raj K Purohit - MLA(Mumba Devi Constituency, Mumbai)
• Mr. Sanjay Purohit - CEO of US based consultancy firm. Is a former IAS officer, completed his Master's from IIT Mumbai and is an MBA (Gold Medalist) from IIM Ahmedabad.
• Mr. Suresh Rajpurohit - Indian Police Service officer posted as DIG CBI Jaipur
• Dr. Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit- Indian Foreign Service Officer posted as Second Secretary (Political) at the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Mr. Durg Singh Kanodia - Retd. Adl. S.P.(Rajasthan Police)
• Prof. Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit 'Sokra' - Professor Columbia University New York (U.S.A.)
• Mr. Shankar Singh - Former MLA (Ahore constituency, Jalore)
• Mr. Bhanwar Singh - Former MLA (Makrana constituency, Nagaur)
• Mr. Rajendra Singh - Chairman of Gou Seva Ayog, Government of Rajasthan
• Mr. M L Rajpurohit - MLA (Dhanera constituency, Gujrat)
• Colonel Narpat Singh - Notable cavalry officer from Indian Army applauded for his immaculate horse-riding skills
• Colonel P S Rajpurohit 'Bingarla' - Indian Army
• Mr. Vikram Singh Rajpurohit Selarwal-Varkana -The First Chemical Engineer from Varkana and a Merit Rank Holder in CIPET(Central Institute of Plastic Enineering and Technology)Vatwa
• Mr. B S Rajpurohit - CMD of Chemical Process Equipments, Mumbai and Vice President of The All India Reinforced Plastic Moulders Association.
• Mr. V S Rajpurohit Kanod - Ex-Dy Commandent Border Security Force (BSF)
• Mr. Manohar singh Sevad-Bawari kalla -Assistant commandent Border security force BSF

Image Gallery

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  Rajpurohit man in traditional attire
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  Side view of Brahma ji temple at Asotra
• Sant Kheteshwar Ji Maharaj
  Sant Kheteshwar Ji Maharaj

Trivia

Currently aired teleserial Choti Bahu, features Rajpurohit family.

See also

• Asotra - Brahma Temple
• Vedic priesthood
• Vasistha
• Parashara
• Brahmin
• Rajasthan
• Balotra - City founded by Vaala Ji 'Siya' in Barmer
• Bagra (Marwar) - Village founded by Bagaji 'Jagarwal'
• Kanodia Purohitan

References

Political awakening

External links

• Jai Raghunath Ji Ri Saa to all Rajpurohit Community
• Connecting Rajpurohit Globally....
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• of Rajpurohits - Jai Sri Raghunath Ji Ri Saa.
• peek into our small world, hi-Rajpurohit
• a glimpse of us, hi-Rajpurohit
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• [http;//pukhrajvrajpurohit gmail.com jai shri ragunath ji ri saa
• singh Raigur from Kharokara Purohitaan Jai Data Ri Hukam