Modh
Modh communities comprise people who use the name and originate from Modhera in Gujarat, India. In that state and in Rajasthan, Lord Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh created Brahmins who were master in Vedas, so that they can turn Dharmaranya in a centre of veda sanshkriti. The lords asked Vishwakarma to build houses, forts, and temples for the Brahmins. Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh created six thousand Brahmins each. They also gave them gotras and gotrasdevi. According to historians, the people created by Vishnu were sober and honest nature; the people created by Brahma were of rajas nature; and people created by Shiva were of an angry nature. Brahmin approved their work. Brahma created Kamdhenu caw, and on order of Brahma Kamdhenu, created 36000 people by digging earth with her nails. Those were known as Gobhuja or Gobhva. They settled in the nearest Modhera, so the village known as Gabhu. Adhalja, Mandaliya, Madhukara, Modh Modi, Teli Modi, Champaneri Modi, and Prema Modi were all parts of Modh Vaniks, and Modh famers were known as Modh Patel. There are many examples of Hindu communities who take their name from a town, and thus there exist Modh Brahmin, Modh Patel, Modh Modi and Modh Bania. Where four groups share a similar toponym, the Patel group are often farmers, and the Brahmin group often traditionally acted as priests for the other.[1] In the case of Modhera, there is at least one other group, the Modh Modi, and some journalists have suggested that they are prosperous and mainly in textiles, grocery, finance and diamond trades.[2]
People
- Mahatma Gandhi, the sole icon of the Indian independence movement, belonged to Modh-Bania caste.[3][4]
- Hemachandra the Indian Jain scholar, poet, mathematician and polymath was a Modh.
- Narendra Modi, 14th and the current Prime Minister of India, belongs to Modh-Modi caste.[5]
- The Ambani family, one of the richest families, belong to Modh-Bania caste.
References
- ^ Shah, A. M. (1998). The Family in India: Critical Essays. Orient Blackswan. pp. 134–136. ISBN 978-8-12501-306-8.
- ^ Cong says Modi born to prosperous caste, added it to OBC list, Indian Express, New Delhi, 9 May 2014
- ^ Guha, Ramachandra (15 October 2014). Gandhi before India. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-93-5118-322-8.
- ^ Renard, John (1999). Responses to 101 questions on Hinduism. Internet Archive. New York : Paulist Press. ISBN 978-0-8091-3845-6.
- ^ Correspondent, dna (9 May 2014). "Narendra Modi belongs to Modh-Ghanchi caste, which was added to OBCs categories in 1994, says Gujarat government". DNA India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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