Modh
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Modh is an Indian caste of people who originate from Modhera in Gujarat.
History
Settlers in Modhera are understood to be the 36,000 Gobhuja or Gobhva people created by Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh created six thousand Brahmins in Gujarat and Rajasthan, each given gotras and gotrasdevi, to transform Dharmaranya into a centre of Vedic Sanskrit. Vishwakarma was asked to build houses, forts, and temples for the Brahmins.
The Brahmins created by Vishnu were said to be sober and honest; those created by Brahma were rajas; and the others created by Shiva were angry. Lord Brahma created Kamdhenu Cow, and on his command, Kamdhenu created 36,000 people by scratching the earth with her nails known as Gobhuja or Gobhva. Since the Gobhuja people settled in Modhera, the village became known as Gabhu.
Adhalja, Mandaliya, Madhukara, Modh Modi, Teli Modi, Champaneri Modi, and Prema Modi are all groups of Modh Vaniks. Modh famers were known as Modh Patel.
Many Hindu communities take their name from a town, such as 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.[1] In the case of Modhera, at least one other group, the Modh Modi. Some journalists suggested that they are prosperous and mainly in textiles, grocery, finance and diamond trades.[2]
People
- Mahatma Gandhi, 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-Ghanchi 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ 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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