Swakula Sali
Swakula Sali (Swakulasali/Swakulasale/Sali) is one of the castes listed in the list of Indian castes among Hindus in India. Lord Shri Jihveshwara is believed to be the originator of this caste and all the Swakulasalis are his descendants. Marathi is the primary language spoken by the Swakulasalis. The primary professions of the Swakulasalis are Weaving, Designing and Colouring for clothes, which are the powers with which lord Shri Jihveshwara was blessed with.
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Shri Jiveshwara
Saliyas are of Brahmin origin with command over Rigveda and Samaveda. At some point of time, they struggled to survive performing only Brahmanical rituals. They later became Kshatriya as well. They were supposed to spread the Vedic Knowledge travelling from one place to another ( i.e. Bhramana) with the help of their skills as their bread-and-butter.
Adimaya requested Shiva to create a Punya Purusha who can weave exquisite clothes. Upon instructions from Adimaya, Shiva created a child from his tongue (JHIHVE) in Shravan Masa, Trayodashi, early morning on Monday. The naming ceremony was performed in great pomp at Mount Kailash. The boy was named 'SALI' to assist everybody by all means in weaving, designing and colouring of the cloth. Goddess Parvati named his Kula (i.e. Clan) as Swakula for promoting in the mankind. As the child was born through the tongue of Shiva, Goddess Parvati named him as "Jhiveshwara". Also the child was born at the time of Sunrise, hence his Clan was decided to be Suryavanshi.
Most of the community are spread out in different parts of south Indian states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Prominent cities with high community population are Aurangabad, Mumbai,Dahanu, Ichalkaranji, Pune, Ahmednagar, Pandharpur, Bangalore, Adoni, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Hubli, Shahapur, Gadwal, Ujjain, Indore, Dewas, Burhanpur, Akola, Amravati and others.
Lineage surnames
One can come across many Swakulsalis with surnames such as '''Kausale''',[Bhopale]], Men, Gadikar, Kholapure, Kendoley, Bavdhankar, Agedkar, Ashtekar, Jathaar, Jundare, Nagarkar, Misaal, Gonge, Pandkar, Mankar, Ekbote, Aakde, Shekatkar, Tambe, Tonape, Vaidya, Phatak, Shelke,Bhambale, Ekkey, Dhorje, Sangale, Tryambake,WAVHAL [Dhotre,Ekbote,Kamble,Bhandare,Chillal,ARCOT, Supe etc all have taken their surnames named after their particular native places in the region or the villages where their Kuldevta/ Kuldevi (family deity) is located OR the profession in which they were engaged in.