Swakula Sali
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Swakula Sali is one of the castes listed in the list of Indian castes among Hindus
in India
. Lord Shri Jihveshwara
is believed to be the originator of this caste and all the Swakulasalis are his descendants. Marathi
is the primary language spoken by the Swakulasalis. The primary professions of the Swakulasalis are Weaving
, Designing and Colouring for clothes, which are the powers with which lord Shri Jihveshwara
was blessed with.
Saliyas are of Brahmin
origin with command over Rigveda
and Samaveda
. At some point of time, they struggled to survive performing only Brahmanical rituals. They later became Kshatriya
as well. They were supposed to spread the Vedic
Knowledge travelling from one place to another ( i.e. Bhramana) with the help of their skills as their bread-and-butter.
Adimaya requested Shiva
to create a Punya Purusha who can weave exquisite clothes. Upon instructions from Adimaya, Shiva
created a child from his tongue (JHIHVE) in Shravan
Masa, Trayodashi, early morning on Monday. The naming ceremony was performed in great pomp at Mount Kailash. The boy was named 'SALI' to assist everybody by all means in weaving, designing and colouring of the cloth. Goddess Parvati
named his Kula (i.e. Clan
) as Swakula for promoting in the mankind. As the child was born through the tongue of Shiva
, Goddess Parvati named him as "Jhiveshwara". Also the child was born at the time of Sunrise, hence his Clan
was decided to be Suryavanshi.
Most of the community are spread out in different parts of south Indian states like Maharashtra
, Karnataka
, Madhya Pradesh
and Andhra Pradesh
. Prominent cities with high community population are Aurangabad, Mumbai
, Dahanu
, Ichalkaranji
, Pune
, Ahmednagar, Pandharpur
, Bangalore
, Adoni
, Gulbarga
, Belgaum
, Hubli, Shahapur
, narayanpet
, Gadwal
, Ujjain
, Indore
, Dewas
, Burhanpur
, Akola
, Amravati
yadgir and others.
Ambekar, kapre
, Dhotre, Kamble,Kawadi, Ekbote, Bhandare, Chillal, ARCOT,Supe,pisse, Bhanuvanshi, Bargaje, Tannu, Pithe etc all have taken their surnames named after their particular native places in the region or the villages where their Kuldevta
/ Kuldevi (family deity) is located OR the profession in which they were engaged in.
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Lord Shri Jihveshwara
Shri Jihveshwara
Shri Jihveshwara is the name of the god who is worshipped by people of Swakula Sali caste in India. The name Jihveshwara comes from Jihva + Ishvara , which means the one who is born out of tongue....
is believed to be the originator of this caste and all the Swakulasalis are his descendants. Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
is the primary language spoken by the Swakulasalis. The primary professions of the Swakulasalis are Weaving
Weaving
Weaving is a method of fabric production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. The other methods are knitting, lace making and felting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft or filling...
, Designing and Colouring for clothes, which are the powers with which lord Shri Jihveshwara
Shri Jihveshwara
Shri Jihveshwara is the name of the god who is worshipped by people of Swakula Sali caste in India. The name Jihveshwara comes from Jihva + Ishvara , which means the one who is born out of tongue....
was blessed with.
Saliyas are of Brahmin
Brahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
origin with command over Rigveda
Rigveda
The Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns...
and Samaveda
Samaveda
The Sama veda , is second of the four Vedas, the ancient core Hindu scriptures. Its earliest parts are believed to date from 1700 BC and it ranks next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rigveda...
. At some point of time, they struggled to survive performing only Brahmanical rituals. They later became Kshatriya
Kshatriya
*For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...
as well. They were supposed to spread the Vedic
Vedic
Vedic may refer to:* the Vedas, the oldest preserved Indic texts** Vedic Sanskrit, the language of these texts** Vedic period, during which these texts were produced** Vedic pantheon of gods mentioned in Vedas/vedic period...
Knowledge travelling from one place to another ( i.e. Bhramana) with the help of their skills as their bread-and-butter.
Adimaya requested Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
to create a Punya Purusha who can weave exquisite clothes. Upon instructions from Adimaya, Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
created a child from his tongue (JHIHVE) in Shravan
Shravan
Shravan is a Sanskrit word, which literally means listening.* Shravanam is one of the nine most important angas of bhakti.Shravan Kumar belonged to the time when King Dashratha ruled Ayodhya. He was born of poor and blind parents, but they had brought him up remarkably well. He was strong healthy...
Masa, Trayodashi, early morning on Monday. The naming ceremony was performed in great pomp at Mount Kailash. The boy was named 'SALI' to assist everybody by all means in weaving, designing and colouring of the cloth. Goddess Parvati
Parvati
Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...
named his Kula (i.e. Clan
Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...
) as Swakula for promoting in the mankind. As the child was born through the tongue of Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
, Goddess Parvati named him as "Jhiveshwara". Also the child was born at the time of Sunrise, hence his Clan
Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...
was decided to be Suryavanshi.
Most of the community are spread out in different parts of south Indian states like Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
and Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
. Prominent cities with high community population are Aurangabad, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Dahanu
Dahanu
Dahanu is a coastal city and a municipal council in Thane district in the western state of Maharashtra, India.-The Town:The name "Dahanu Gaon" originates from the word "Dhenu Gram" meaning the village of cows. A lot of cattle, particularly cows were owned by the people in Dahanu. Today, Dahanu...
, Ichalkaranji
Ichalkaranji
Ichalkaranji is located at . It has an average elevation of 538 metres .Ichalkaranji , lies in the Pancaganga valley about eighteen miles east of Kolhapur and half a mile north of the river. It is six miles southeast of Hatkanangale railway station...
, Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, Ahmednagar, Pandharpur
Pandharpur
Pandharpur is an important pilgrimage city on the Bhimā river in Solāpur district, Maharashtra, India. The Vithoba temple attracts about half a million Hindu pilgrims during the major yātrā in the month of Ashadh ....
, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, Adoni
Adoni
Adoni , is a municipality, mandal headquarters and commercial town in Kurnool district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is 180 miles from Hyderabad and 307 miles from Chennai by rail. It has a population of about 2,43,247 people . Adoni is 245th biggest city in terms of population in India...
, Gulbarga
Gulbarga
Gulbarga is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Gulbarga District. It was formerly part of Nizam's Hyderabad state...
, Belgaum
Belgaum
Belgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the fourth largest city of the state of Karnataka, the first three being Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad....
, Hubli, Shahapur
Shahapur
Shahapur is a census town in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The nearest railway station is Asangaon, which is 85 km from Mumbai CST on the Central railway line. Shahapur is situated around 25 km from Kalyan railway station, 45 km from Thane, and 55 km from...
, narayanpet
Narayanpet
Narayanpet is a town, assembly constituency and a municipality of 23 ward members council in Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The town specializes in handloom saree manufacturing. Narayanpet is an Assembly constituency.-Demographics:...
, Gadwal
Gadwal
Gadwal is a town, Mandal and a municipality in Mahbubnagar district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 188 km from Hyderabad, the state's capital.- Geography :Gadwal is located at...
, Ujjain
Ujjain
Ujjain , is an ancient city of Malwa region in central India, on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River , today part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative centre of Ujjain District and Ujjain Division.In ancient times the city was called Ujjayini...
, Indore
Indore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
, Dewas
Dewas
Dewas is an ancient town situated on the Malwa plateau in the West-central part of Indian state called Madhya Pradesh, about 160 km south west from state capital, Bhopal. It is the administrative center of the Dewas District, and was formerly the seat of two princely states during the British...
, Burhanpur
Burhanpur
Burhanpur is an important city in Madhya Pradesh state, India. It is the administrative seat of Burhanpur District. It is situated on the north bank of the Tapti River, southwest of Bhopal and northeast of Mumbai...
, Akola
Akola
Akola is a city in the state of Maharashtra located in the Vidarbha region of central India. It is located around 600 km east of Mumbai and 250 km west of Nagpur. Akola is the headquarters of Akola District located in Amravati Division.Akola district has an area of about 54.31 square...
, Amravati
Amravati
Amravati is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India and the seventh most populous metropolitan area in Maharashtra. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Amravati district...
yadgir and others.
Lineage surnames
One can come across many Swakulsalis with surnames such as PendharkarKausale, Bhopale,'SURASGAR' DHARANKAR, Men, Dalvi, Nichal, Ghavate, Gadikar, Kholapure, Kendoley, Bavdhankar, Agedkar, Ashtekar, Jathaar, Jundare, Nagarkar, Misaal, Gonge, Pandkar, Mankar, Pandre, Ekbote, Sapare, Aakde, Shekatkar, Tambe, Tonape, Vaidya, Phatak, Shelke, Bhambale, Ekkey, Dhorje, Sangale, Tagare, Tryambake, Chanodkar, WAVHAL, Kalburgi, Sarode, Sakaray, Somsole, Malekar, Ksheersakar,Sagavkar,Ambekar, kapre
Kapre
Kapre is a Philippine mythical creature that could be characterized as a tree demon, but with more human characteristics. It is described as being a tall , brown, hairy male with a beard. Kapres are normally described as smoking a big tobacco pipe, whose strong smell would attract human attention...
, Dhotre, Kamble,Kawadi, Ekbote, Bhandare, Chillal, ARCOT,Supe,pisse, Bhanuvanshi, Bargaje, Tannu, Pithe etc all have taken their surnames named after their particular native places in the region or the villages where their Kuldevta
Kuldevta
Kuladevata or Kuladevi, also known as Kuladev and Kŭladaiwat, stands for "family deity, that is either a god or a goddess" within Hinduism, as distinct from personal ishta-devata and village deities...
/ Kuldevi (family deity) is located OR the profession in which they were engaged in.