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Maheshwarism was founded in the 600 BC in the Tirthraj Lohargal, Rajasthan, India. The Maheshwari religion was established around 2600 years ago by with the blessing of lord Mahesh (Lord Shiva) and Goddess Parvati. The ninth day of Shukla Paksha of Jyestha (May–June) is celebrated as Mahesh Navami to commemorate the birth of the Maheshwari community when Mahesh is worshiped.〔http://maheshwariclub.co.in/festivity/maheshnavami/〕〔http://www.festivalsofindia.in/maheshnavmi/〕 A Maheshwari (Sanskrit: माहेश्वरी) is a follower of Maheshwarism. "Maheshwari" properly refers to adherents of Maheshwarism as a religion, not an ethnic group. A Maheshwari place of worship is called Mandir (Mahesh Mandir). A Maheshwari is believes in Mahesh Pariwar (Shiv Parivar) and gurus〔http://www.maheshwari-samaj-ludhiana.com/origin.html〕 and their teachings truth, love and justice. Maheshwarism emphasis community services and helping the needy. The Marwad, Rajasthan region is the historic homeland of the Maheshwaris, although significant communities exist around the world. ==Origin== The Maheshwari originate from Khandela, Rajasthan in western India. They are categorized in two sub-groups: Mewari and Marwaris. Initially this community was relatively small but is now found throughout India and world. Though there is no particular book available on Maheshwari samaj's origin, but most authentic work done on the origin of Maheshwaris is by late Shri Shivkarnji Darak of Mundwa. Given below are the findings of his research. King Khadgal Sen of Khandela was blessed with a son, Sujankunwar, after a yagnya was performed. The rishis (priests) who did the yagnya warned the king that this son of his should not be allowed to go east. When Sujankunwar grew he inherited the kingdom. King Khadgal Sen retired. It was this time when the growth of Jainism was in full swing. Sujankunwar baptised himself in Jainism and started opposing yagnyas. Not heeding the advice of the priests he proceeded with his 72 Umraons eastward. Seeing the priests performing yagnya Sujankunwar asked his Umraons to disturb it. For this deed of theirs the priests made them all in statues. On hearing the news Khadgal Sen and his queens killed themselves. The wife of Sujankunwar Chandrawati, with the wives of all the Umraons went to the place where their husbands were made into statues. They pleaded with the priests to reconvert them to live form. The priests showed their inability to take back the curse. They, however, advised these women to pray with Lord Shiva and Parvatiji for bringing these statues back to life. Lord Shiva and Parvatiji were impressed by the prayers and gave life to all the statues. They were asked to leave their Kshatriya tradition and convert to Vaisyas. The priests on whose curse the Umraons were made into statues were Parashar (Pareek), Dadhichi (Dahiya), Gautam (Gurjar Gaud), Khandik (Khandelwal), Sukumarg (Sukuwal) and Sarsur (Sarswat). The priests asked the Lord how their yagnyas would materialise and who will save them from the plunderers. The Lord asked them that each of the six priests should take 12 Umraons as their disciples and these Umraons will keep on giving you alms. The descendants of these 72 Vaisya families will always be with you to take care. From then these families were called Maheshwaris taking the name from Lord Mahesh or Lord Shiva. The families with their surnames (khaps) formed the primary Maheshwari list of surnames. Later there were subdivisions and from amongst these 72 surnames there were more sub-surnames (up-khaps). It was in this way that with the blessing of Lord Mahesh the formation of Maheshwaris was done on the ninth day of the Jaishtha month. Later five more families from the Kshatriyas joined the Maheshwari. 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「Maheshwarism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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