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'''Khandelwal Vaishya''' is a [[Vaishnava]] community originally from [[Khandela]],<ref name="Hooja">Rima Hooja (2006), ''A history of Rajasthan'', Rupa & Co., p.501</ref> a historical town in northern [[Rajasthan]], India. Khandelwals are mainly present around districts of [[Jaipur]], [[Sikar]], [[Alwar]], [[Bharatpur district|Bharatpur]] and [[Ajmer]].<ref name="detail" /><br />
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== Origin ==<br />
The Khandelwal community traces its origin and name from Khandela, a town in Sikar district. They believe their name derives from a sage called Khandel, whose 72 1/2 sons started the 72 1/2 [[gotra]]s (clans) into which the community is divided. Each clan worships its own ''kuldevi''.<ref name="detail">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vm_KCE4XXPMC&pg=PA524 | title=People of India: Rajasthan | publisher=Popular Prakashan | first=Kumar Suresh |last=Singh |authorlink=Kumar Suresh Singh | year=1998 | pages=1056 | isbn=81-7154-769-9}}</ref> These Gotras are subdivision of the community. Traditionally, marriages are avoided in the same Gotra.<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Bania communities]]</div>imported>Marcocapelle