Gahoi is a merchant Vaishya-Baniya community in central India. Gahois are divided into 12

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s, each gotra is divided into six ''all''s. They have traditionally interdined with the Parwar

Jain Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...

community of Bundelkhand. The "Grahapati" family mentioned in the Grahapati Kokkala inscription is believed to be from the same community that is now known as Gahoi. This inscription at Khajuraho, dated Vikram Samvat 1056, Kartika (1000–1001 AD), is the earliest known reference to the Grahapati family. Unlike all other

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-era Grahapati inscriptions which are Jain, this refers to a Shiva temple, although Verse 3 suggests that the builder also worshipped Jinas. An inscription is of Vikram samvat 1011 mentioning Pahilla, regarded to have been a Grahapati, who built a

temple during the reign of Dhanga at Khajuraho. This temple is among those that still exist at Khajuraho. A bronze Jain Altarpiece with Parshvanatha, Shantinatha, and Vasupujiya is preserved in the

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. It was installed by Sadhu Sandhan, son of Kuntha, of Grahapati family in Vikram 1121 (1178 AD). Gahoi Vaishy Mahasabha was established by late Shri Jwala Prasad Bilaeya in the year 1930.

Notable people

* Maithili Sharan GuptRisi Jaimini Kaushik Barua, "Kankane Vansh ki Vrtiddhi, "Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Granth, Ed. Agravaal Vaasudevasharana, 1959, Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Committee Calcutta, p. 138.- a Hindi poet * Ashutosh Rana * Jagdish Prasad Bilaeya

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{{reflist Social groups of India Social groups of Uttar Pradesh Indian castes Social groups of Madhya Pradesh Bania communities

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