Dashora
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A Dahora (Devanagari: दशोरा) is an community has believed to have existence from 12th-13th century. They are basically part of the philosophies and scriptures of Hindu, a set of religious, philosophical and cultural systems that originated in the Indian subcontinent.
There are no exact figures available about their population in India.
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[edit] Who is a Dashora?
Dashora is basically cast from central India's place Mandsure also named Dashpur in ancient time. Majority of people of this community reside in areas like Dhar, Indore, Ujjain, Khandwa and Khargone. A king Ala-ud-din Khilji attacked on Mandsure city and killed a large number of people.
To this generation, Dashoras have retained a sense of community. They support each other. Most of them are ethical, religious, peaceful, nonviolent, selfless, honest, simple living, middle class, dedicated hard working individuals engaged in a variety of white collar and intellectual professions. [1]
[edit] History
The most generally accepted belief is that our ancestors were decedents of Nagar Brahmins. Around the 10th century they were living in the town of Visnagar near Junagadh in Gujarat Province of India and were advisers to the royalty. They fled Gujarat when Ghazni attacked Gujarat and the Somnath Temple around the year 1069. Like other Nagar Brahmins Dashoras worship Hatkeshwar Mahadev. The original Hatkeshwar Mahedev Temple is located in Vadnagar Gujarat. In more modern times a new Hatkeswar Temple was constructed in Udaipur and serves as worship center for Dashoras in Rajasthan.
Dashoras identify themselves as Prashnora Nagars. In the year 532 king of Mandsaur Yashodharman invited the Prashnora Nagars from Junagarh to participate and conduct a great Yagna Ceremoney and then invited some of the priests to settle down. These Prashnora Nagrars and their descendents continued to live there and advise the Kings for next 800 years.
Dashora thus are decedents of those residents of Vishnagar/ Junagarh who migrated to Mandsaur. One of the accepted views is that “ism” was added to “Hindu” around 1830 to denote the culture and religion of the high-caste Brahmans in contrast to other religions. The term was soon appropriated by Indians themselves as they tried to establish a national identity opposed to colonialism. [2]
[edit] Culture
Dashroa community worship lord Hatkeswar and they celebrates Hatkweshar Jayanti every year.
[edit] Language
Dahora community wide spread in different regions of Central India, so primary language is Hindi.
