The Marwari society originated from the Marwar region of Rajasthan in India. According to legend, they are descended from King Agrasen and belong to the Suryavanshi Kshatriya dynasty. They have historically been traders and businessmen, migrating throughout India and neighboring countries to establish businesses. While traditionally focused on commerce, modern Marwaris have diversified into other fields like industry, politics, and arts. They predominantly practice Hinduism and speak the Marwari language.

1. MARWARI SOCIETY
By: Suvash Timalsina (142)

2. Overview
 History
 Legend and beliefs
 Community
 Religion ,caste and language
 Diaspora
 Negotiating modernity
 Conclusion

3. History
 Indian origin ethnic group
 Original resident of ‘Marwar’
 Migratory in habit
 Originally belonged to Rajasthan,
particularly, areas in and around Jodhpur, Pali
and Nagau
 Predominatly Hindu

4. Legend and beliefs
 Family of Raja Agrasen
 Belong to solar dynasty
 Maharaja Agrasena was
Suryavanshi Kshytriya King
born during last stage of
Dwapar yug
 Agrasen elder grandfather of
Krishna and Balram
 Travelled and made kingdom
in Agroha; situated in Haryana
 Agroha is developing as
agrawal's holy station

5.  Divided kingdom among 18 children's
 Resulting in Agrawal gotras
 Some gotras of Agrawal are Garg, Bansal,
Bindal, Bhandal, Dharan, Airan, Goyal,
Goyan, Jindal, Kansal, Kuchhal, Madhukul,
Mangal, Mittal, Nangal, Singhal, Tayal, Tingle

6. Community
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Belong to ‘Marwar’ region in Rajasthan
Term ‘Marwari’ has geographical connotation
Migratory and all most all are businessmen
Close association with tradition & culture of
Thar and Hinduism
Prefer living in joint family
They are soft-spoken, mild-mannered and
peaceful
They like variety of dishes in meal
Most of them are vegetarian

7. Religion, caste and language
 Predominatly Hindu; also large number of
Jains
 Either Hindu or Jain they mingle well with
each other
 Vaishya, or trading and commerce, is the
most famous caste among Marwaris
 Marwari is traditional language

8. Diaspora
 Has spread in many regions of India and also
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in Neighboring countries
In India, we find Marwari Mainly in Kolkata,
Mumbai, Punjab, Gujrat etc
Marwaris have founded businesses in our
country, especially in Birjung, Biratnagar and
Kathmandu
In Nepal, they have one separate society and
group “Marwari Sewa Samiti”
They are largely found in Maitidevi and
kamalpokhari area

9.  No estimation of their population
 Difficult to measure number of Marwari
subject to secular, linguistic, cultural and
other various parameters

10. Negotiating Modernity
 Conventionally been traditional
 Mainly focus on commerce, trade and
business
 The urban Marwaris value education and seek
to provide it to all irrespective of gender
 Marwaris have ventured into industry,
operations, social services, politics,
diplomacy, hard sciences and arts these days
 Women were generally not educated

11.  Daughters were not given family business
information and responsibility
 Despite educated, women were not given
financial responsible unlike now

12. Conclusion
 One of the famous group in our country
 Most of them unknown about its origin and
backgroud
 One of the oldest ethnic group of Hindu

13. Thank You