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	~~{{Jainism}}~~
	~~'''Porwad''' (also known as '''~~Porwal~~''') are mainly [[Jain]] or [[Hindu]] community that originated in southern [[Rajasthan]], India. Ancient inscriptions written in [[Sanskrit]] refer to the community as ''Pragvata''.~~

	They originated from a region east of ancient [[Shrimal]].<ref name="Bhanu2004">{{cite book\|author=Anthropological Survey of India\|editor=K. S. Singh\|title=People of India: Maharashtra\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bfmnmsBfQ4C&pg=PA1738\|year=2004\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|location=Mumbai, India\|isbn=978-81-7991-102-0\|page=1738}}</ref> numerically they rank behind the [ and [[Shrimal Jain\|Shrimal]] Jains from the same region. However, in antiquity, they appear to have been more numerous and among the wealthiest.{{citation needed\|date=April 2012}}

	~~Many Jain temples were built by the Porwals, including:~~
	* [[Ranakpur]] Jain temple of Dharna Shah, completed in 1441 CE <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=57396 \|title=Dharna Shah and Construction of the Temple \|publisher=Herenow4u.net \|date= \|accessdate=2012-04-22}}</ref>
	* [[Dilwara Temples\|Luna Vasahi]] (1231 CE) of Vastupal and Tejpal at Mount Abu
	* The Adinath temple at [[Shatrunjaya]] by [[Javad Shah]] in 961 AD, which was subsequently renovated several times.

	The Porwad community became divided into several regional communities including the Sorathia (in Saurashtra), the [[Kapol]], the Jangad Porwad, and the Porwad found in the [[Nimad]] region of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. Some of the groups became a part of the Oswal or [[Navnat]] communities.{{citation needed\|date=April 2012}}

	Both Jain traditions, [[Svetambara]] and [[Digambar]], are represented among different sections of the Porwad community. The historian H. L. Jain has suggested that [[Krisha]], the patron of Muni Srichandra, a Digambara monk, belonged to the same Ninanvaya clan as Vimala who built the Vimala Vasahi temple at Abu.<ref name="Muni Srichandra's Kahakosu 1969">Muni Srichandra's Kahakosu, Prakrit Text Society, 1969, H.L. Jain editor</ref> Thus the one branch of the family followed Swetamabra tradition, while other followed Digambara tradition. This suggests the harmonious coexistence to the two Jain traditions in that region.

	In the 16th century, Pushti Marga was founded by Vallabha, a Brahmin scholar from Telangana, who proposed that in the modern age, it is too hard to follow the Jnana & Karma Margs. He proposed Pushti Marga (Raag, Bhog and Shringar used in the seva of Shri Krishna) as an alternative. A section of the Porwads has converted to Pushtimarga. Those who have converted to the Pushtimarg are known as Meshri (derived from Maheshwari)<ref>The Eighteenth-Century Social Order in Surat: A Reply and an Excursus on the Riots of 1788 and 1795, by Lakshmi Subramanian, Modern Asian Studies, 1991, p. 321-365</ref> or Vania.

	~~==Gotras==~~
	~~{{Main\|Porwal gotras}}~~
	~~There are many gotras in Porwal.~~

	~~==See also==~~
	* [[Mumbai]]

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{Reflist}}~~

	~~{{coord missing\|Rajasthan}}~~

	~~[[Category:Indian Jains]]~~
	~~[[Category:Indian Hindus~~]]

	~~{{Rajasthan-geo-stub}}~~

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[[Image:Ranakpur1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Ranakpur]] Temple]]
{{Jainism}}
'''Porwad''' (also known as '''Porwal''') are mainly [[Jain]] or [[Hindu]] community that originated in southern [[Rajasthan]], India. Ancient inscriptions written in [[Sanskrit]] refer to the community as ''Pragvata''.

They originated from a region east of ancient [[Shrimal]].<ref name="Bhanu2004">{{cite book|author=Anthropological Survey of India|editor=K. S. Singh|title=People of India: Maharashtra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bfmnmsBfQ4C&pg=PA1738|year=2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=Mumbai, India|isbn=978-81-7991-102-0|page=1738}}</ref> numerically they rank behind the [ and [[Shrimal Jain|Shrimal]] Jains from the same region. However, in antiquity, they appear to have been more numerous and among the wealthiest.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}

Many Jain temples were built by the Porwals, including:
* [[Ranakpur]] Jain temple of Dharna Shah, completed in 1441 CE <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=57396 |title=Dharna Shah and Construction of the Temple |publisher=Herenow4u.net |date= |accessdate=2012-04-22}}</ref>
* [[Dilwara Temples|Luna Vasahi]] (1231 CE) of Vastupal and Tejpal at Mount Abu
* The Adinath temple at [[Shatrunjaya]] by [[Javad Shah]] in 961 AD, which was subsequently renovated several times.

The Porwad community became divided into several regional communities including the Sorathia (in Saurashtra), the [[Kapol]], the Jangad Porwad, and the Porwad found in the [[Nimad]] region of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. Some of the groups became a part of the Oswal or [[Navnat]] communities.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}

Both Jain traditions, [[Svetambara]] and [[Digambar]], are represented among different sections of the Porwad community. The historian H. L. Jain has suggested that [[Krisha]], the patron of Muni Srichandra, a Digambara monk, belonged to the same Ninanvaya clan as Vimala who built the Vimala Vasahi temple at Abu.<ref name="Muni Srichandra's Kahakosu 1969">Muni Srichandra's Kahakosu, Prakrit Text Society, 1969, H.L. Jain editor</ref> Thus the one branch of the family followed Swetamabra tradition, while other followed Digambara tradition. This suggests the harmonious coexistence to the two Jain traditions in that region.

In the 16th century, Pushti Marga was founded by Vallabha, a Brahmin scholar from Telangana, who proposed that in the modern age, it is too hard to follow the Jnana & Karma Margs. He proposed Pushti Marga (Raag, Bhog and Shringar used in the seva of Shri Krishna) as an alternative. A section of the Porwads has converted to Pushtimarga. Those who have converted to the Pushtimarg are known as Meshri (derived from Maheshwari)<ref>The Eighteenth-Century Social Order in Surat: A Reply and an Excursus on the Riots of 1788 and 1795, by Lakshmi Subramanian, Modern Asian Studies, 1991, p. 321-365</ref> or Vania.

==Gotras==
{{Main|Porwal gotras}}
There are many gotras in Porwal.

==See also==
* [[Mumbai]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{coord missing|Rajasthan}}

[[Category:Indian Jains]]
[[Category:Indian Hindus]]

{{Rajasthan-geo-stub}}

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