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'''Jethwa''' (or '''Jethva''', '''Jaitwa''', '''Jethi''' or '''Kamari''', '''Camari''', '''Kam(a)r''') is a branch of the [[Suryavansha|Suryavanshi]] clan.

==Origin==
[[File:Drapeau Porbandar.png|thumb|Merchant Navy flag of [[Porbandar State]] adopted by Jethwas, showing image of [[Hanuman]], from whom the Jethwas claim their descent.]]

It has been suggested that the [[Saindhava]] dynasty ruling eastern part of Saurashtra peninsula is now represented by the present day [[Jethwa dynasty]]. It is also suggested that the term Jethwa probably originating from Jayadratha (another name of Saindhawa dynasty), Jyeshtha (the elder branch) or Jyeshthuka from which the region derived its name Jyeshthukadesha.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Nanavati|first=J. M.|last2=Dhaky|first2=M. A.|author-link2=Madhusudan Dhaky|date=1969-01-01|title=The Maitraka and the Saindhava Temples of Gujarat|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.321094|journal=Artibus Asiae. Supplementum|volume=26|pages=83|doi=10.2307/1522666|jstor=1522666}}</ref>{{qn|date=January 2018}}<ref name=SV>{{cite thesis |last=Vyas |first=Surendra |date=31 December 2001 |title=A study of ancient towns of Gujarat |type=PhD |chapter=10. Bhutaamblika |publisher= Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]|hdl=10603/72127 |pages=123–127}}</ref>{{qn|date=January 2018}}<ref name="Majumdar1964">{{cite book|author=Ramesh Chandra Majumdar|author-link=Ramesh Chandra Majumdar|title=Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnZDAAAAYAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=302}}</ref>{{Qn|date=January 2018}}

==Other details and Kuldevis==

The ''Jethwa'' [[Rajput]]s belong to the [[Gautama Maharishi|Gautam]]/Vajas [[Gotra]] and their [[Kuldevi]] is [[Vindhyavasini]] [[Devi]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=19MXTvyXK8WHrAevrNjPAQ&ct=result&id=nuPWAAAAMAAJ&dq=vindhyavasini+gujarat&q=vindhyavasini+jethva#search_anchor] Folk art and culture of Gujarat: guide to the collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat, 1980</ref> Jethwas also worship [[Brahmani]].<ref name=t>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=EzIZTozuJI-zrAfE-PjPAQ&ct=result&id=pQfgAAAAMAAJ&dq=harsiddhi++mata+jethwa&q=+jethwa#search_anchor] Fairs and Festivals of India: Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra</ref> Again there is one aspect of [[devi]], who is known as [[Jethwa Mata]], who is identified as ''Gaur Matas'' or clan deities.<ref name=t/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajput Groups of India}}

[[Category:Rajput clans of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Suryavansha]]
[[Category:Hindu dynasties]]

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