Dear Members
We have started another year with new committee, who have very high hopes and aspiration to provide you all with a fun filled year of events.
Sadly, their desire to organise events, is however quickly dashed due to non-support from the community.
Our organisation in the early days flourished as a result of the whole hearted support and backing received from the community members.
I have to commend these individuals who join the working committee, for having the optimism and desire to maintain the momentum.However as experienced in the previous years, these members have sad faces as time progresses, due to lacklustre support and attendance, and for some not to stay on the working committee the following year.
Apologies for my pessimism, if we as a samaj do not wake up and revive Bardai Brahmin Samaj London, the outlook is very bleak, therefore my request to you all, is provide your support and make 2019 a year to remember when this dying samaj was brought back to life by your support.
Best wishes
Jai Shri Krishna! Jai Shri Trikamjibapu!
Bhasker Dave
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Bardai Gotra
A gotra is the lineage or "clan" (although read below) assigned to a Hindu at birth. In most cases, the system is patrilineal and the gotra assigned is that of the person's father. Other terms for it are vansh, vanshaj, bedagu, purvik, purvajan, pitru. An individual may decide to identify his lineage by a different gotra, or combination of gotras.
According to strict Hindu tradition, the term gotra is used only for the lineages of Brahmin, Kshatriya and Vaishya varnas. Brahminical gotra relates directly to the original seven or eight rishis of the Vedas.
The word "Gotra" means "ray." In Brahmin tradition, it is the duty of the Brahmin to keep his particular ray alive by doing daily rituals so that he may transmit the power of that ray to others for the benefit of mankind. When the "ray" is extinguished, so is that particular beneficial magical stream dead to the human race and that power lost to mankind forever. Hence the importance of a Brahmin's daily sandhya (practice). A common mistake is to consider gotra to be synonymous with clan or Kula. A kula is basically a set of people following similar rituals, often worshipping the same God (the Kula-Devata - the God of the clan). Kula has nothing to do with lineage or caste. In fact, it is possible to change one's Kula, based on his faith or Ishta-deva.
It is common practice in Hindu marriage to inquire about the Kula-Gotra meaning Clan-Lineage of the bride and bridegroom before approving the marriage. In almost all Hindu families, marriages within the same gotra are prohibited since people with same gotra/gothra are considered to be siblings. But marriage within the kula is allowed and even preferred (e.g. Bardai Brahmins).
The following tables shows the Gotra and Nav Chinha for Bardai Brahmins
GOTRAS & NAV CHINHA
SURNAME
GAUTRAJ
SHAKHA
PRAVAR
VEDA
DEVI
MAHADEV
GANAPATI
BHAIRAV
KSHETRAPAL
1.
Thanki
Dave
Pandit
Krushnatri
Mandipadini
Krushnatri, Alpvan and Saraswat
Yajurveda
Samudri Ashapura
Kedareshwar
Mahakay
Batuk
Deva
2.i
Joshi
(Mevdariya, Odedariya,
Korkhadiya, Bokhiriya and Bhogayata)
