Chaturvedi
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The word "Chaturvedi" comes from the words "chatur," meaning four, and "vedi," meaning one who has learned all four Vedas. Becoming a Chaturvedi is a significant achievement, which once carried with it an elevated social status. Legend holds that it takes 16 human lives for a soul to master the four Vedas, the holy books of unlimited knowledge. If one masters all the Vedas in a single human life, this superhuman achievement earns one the title of Chaturvedi.
Chaturvedis are also known as Mathur Chaturvedis. People who belonged to Mathura are known as 'Mathura Ke Choubey'. Among the Mathura ke Choubeys, there is one classification as 'Mithe' (sweet) and another as 'Kadwe' (bitter). Mithe choubey belongs to the group of people who negotiated peace with the Muslim invaders and left their colonies and chose to settle down some where else; Kadwe choubeys belong to the group who did not negotiate with the Muslim rulers and chose to stay back and fight for their home land by engaging in guerrila warfare with the invaders and therefore Kadwe (bitter).
Mathur Chaturvedis still have their roots in Mathura and they are all bound together by the Mathur Chaturvedi Mahasabha and usually they have get-togethers that comprise of Chaturvedis living in a particular city. Chaturvedi Sabhas ( meetings) of Kanpur and other cities of Uttar Pradesh are famous for the large number of gatherings. Annual Mathur Chaturvedi Mahasbaha ( a very large gathering ) is held every year in Mumbai and prominent Chaturvedis, Chaturvedis from all over India and other personalities are invited to the meetings.
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[edit] Practices
Chaturvedis are known for their unique traditions among the Brahmins. Being Brahmin, they are strict Vegetarians and usually they don't smoke or drink (barring certain prominent exceptions); the strict followers of Chaturvedi traditions also avoid onion and garlic.
[edit] Appearance
According to tradition, the Chaturvedis are usually tall with slightly large feet. Chaturvedi women are said to have slim fingers, and sharp features. Chaturvedis are one of the rare Asian clans where some (very few) are said to have blue-green irises, thick and straight dark brown hair from their Aryan roots, and one may mistake them for a southern European and sometimes, hispanic. some Aryans left india a long time ago for persia, and Europe. there are some Chowbeys (Chaturvedis) in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan...the ones from Kashmir were killed in a muslim riot and the others were converted to islam by force.
[edit] Events
InJaipur, Rajasthan, the Chaturvedi community recently celebrated the first Chaturvedi youth festival on December 24-25, 2006. It was organized by Akhil Bharatiya Chaturvedi, Yuva Prakoshtha and Rajasthan Yuva Sabha. About 2000 members of the Chaturvedi community enjoyed cultural activities and the delicious food for which they are well known. It was attended by the famous personalities of India, who have given India an identity to the world; which includes the famous poet and chief copy editor of The Hindustan Time Pt. Suresh Neerav. Pt. Suresh Neerav has taken India to the new heights in the modern world of literary and poetry. Kansh vadh mela is very famous mela of chaturvedi. Its started kartik sudh dasmi.
Some Vedis moved out of India to other countries in the 1800's -they migrated to places to uphold the vedic teachings, they went to places such as Fiji, Indonesia, Guyana, Trinidad, and many other parts of the world
The rarest of the Vedis to leave india are the Chowbeys. However the most famous of the migrated Vedis are the Chowbeys. The first Dharmacharya outside of india was a Chowbey, Pundit Dhaulatram Chowbey. Pundit Dhaulatram Chowbey was born in a South American country called Guyana, which used to be a British colony. his father was born in India and went to Guyana to uphold the vedic religion outside India.
The second Dharmacharya outside of India was Pundit Arjun Dobey. Pundit Arjun Dobey was also from Guyana, his Guru was Pundit Dhaulatram Chowbey the first Dharmacharya outside India.
Currently Incharge of all northern Region airport Is a Chaturvedi Mr M.N Chaturvedi,His one of the lucky person who got the opportunity to Present india in ICAO(UN Body).
