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Bhanushali (Gujarati : ભાનુશાલી) / Bhānshali / Bhansali (Gujarati : ભણશાળી)〔() Folk art and culture of Gujarat:guide to the collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat〕 is a Hindu community, origin and mainly belonging to State of Gujarat in India. ==History== Bhanushalis are Kshatriya people who were mainly living in Balochistan and Sindh region before their migration to present day Kutch and Halar region of Gujarat, somewhere in 330 BC due to Alexander and subsequent Mughal invasions. Folk art and culture of Gujarat:guide to the collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat while there is also a major opinion to have descended from Lava, son of Rama and hence Suryavanshi and are related to or a bifurcation of Lohana clan.〔〔 Bhanushalis are divided in to two sub groups according to their region of living, that is :- Cutchhi Bhanushali Community ( those living or having ancestry in Kutch region ) and Halai Bhanushali Community those living or having ancestry in Halar (Jamnagar) region. Bhanushalis were known as Rajputs and members of the ruling class in Gujarat.〔 Bhanushalis worship different kuldevis as per their clan names / surnames. and follow Hindu customs and beliefs and worship God like Maa Hinglaj, Asapura Mataji, Shiva, Durga and Vishnu.〔(Bhimnath Mahadev-Kutch Sethias- a Bhanushali )〕 Further, they also worship Veer Dada Jashraj and claim, like Lohanas, that he belonged to their community.〔(Jasraj Dada )〕 They are largely Vaishnava community.〔 and are considered as a trading or vaishya community in Gujarat. Bhanushalis chiefly worship Hinglaj, whose main temple is in Baluchistan, Sind, their ancestral home.〔 Among their community Sant Odhavramji of Vandhay was prominent figure of Kutchi people and did much work for up-liftment and education of Bhanushali community in decades of 1930-1950s.〔(Sant Odhavram : Bhanushali’s are “Surya Vanshi” but due to illiteracy & poverty were being harassed by society. Odhavramji decided to draw a path for his own community and give them their real place in the society. He traveled across villages and cities preaching the importance of education and finally succeeded in starting the first boarding in Mandvi. Bhansuhali Haridas Pradhan Joisar sold off almost all his properties & life savings to manage the required funds for this cause. A few years later Odhavramji also struggled to build home shelter for the Bhanushali’s who had migrated from Kutch to Mumbai for work & with funds provided by Bhanushali Haridas Velji Joisar of Mumbai, The Bhanushali wadi in Mumbai came into existence in 1952. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bhanushali」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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