Sekhri

Sekhris
Classification	Indo-Scythians
Religions	Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam
Languages	Punjabi and Hindi
Populated States	Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab (Pakistan) and other parts of Northern India
Subdivisions	Punjabi

Sekhri is a well known Khatri (From Sanskrit क्षत्रिय Kshatriya) clan in India. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, was born into a khatri family. His son, Sri Chand, was the founder of the Udasi order, which is the oldest of the existing Sikh orders.

Caste

Khatri is a community that originated in the Pothwar plateau (Rawalpindi division) and surrounding regions of Punjab, Pakistan. When Pakistan and India gained independence, most of the Khatris in what became Pakistan migrated to India. Today Khatris live in all regions of India, but are concentrated in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. While most Khatris are Hindu, some are also Sikh and a few belong to the Jain faith. Khatris of all these faiths collectively form one community. In modern times, the Khatri play a dominant role in the Indian economy, serving as businessmen, civil and government administrators, landlords, and military officials. They are by far the most educated group in Punjab.

The Kuldevi of Sekhri parivar is situated at Village Talwan, under tehsil Nurmahal of District Jalandhar, Punjab (India) and is popularly known as "Sati Mata". The joint community function (Bhandara) of sekhri family is now regularly celebrated in the end of Oct./beginning of Nov. around Deepawali Festival at Talwan every year.

Community function (Bhandara) is proposed to be held on 2nd Nov., 2014 for the year 2014 at Talwan.

It is to add here that when a new male baby is born or a son is married, the families gather at this place before their kuldevi on the full moon day after the male boy has become 40 days or above/after the marriage of their son to get the blessings of SATI MATA and perform the rituals as defined in their family rites.

Ethnic groups, social groups and tribes of the Indian Punjab

Agrawal	Bansal Dharan Goyal Gupta Nangal Singhal

Arains	Mian Mehar Dhankhar

Brahmins	Punjabi Brahmins Saraswat Brahmins Bali Chhibber Datt Lau Mohan Mohyal Pathak Sharma

Scheduled Castes	Ad-Dharmi Balmiki Bazigar Chamar Khateek Mazhabi Sikh Mochi Mirasi Nanda Nat Ramdasia Sikh Ravidasi

Ahirs	Yaduvanshi Ahirs Ahirs Harals Ghosi Hindu Ghosi Bhurtiya Aharwar Nirban Ranghar Dagar

Gurjars	Gurjar Parihar Kasana Chechi Harsana Chavda Tomar Bhati Nanda Chauhan Solanki Baisla

Jats	Bains Bagga Bajwa Basra Bhullar Birring Chatha Chaudhary Cheema Chohan Dhaka Dhankhar Dhillon Dhaliwal Dhindsa Dhothar Ghuman Gill Gondal Goraya Khokhar Khullar Maan Ponwar Randhawa Saharan Sidhu Sial Sodhi Sohal Virk Sanghera Wahla Sahi Nanda Balhara.

Labana	Datla Ghotra Labana Narowal Nanda

Khatris	Ahuja Anand Babbar Bagga Bedi Bhasin Bindra Chadha Chopra Dhawan Duggal Ghai Khukhrain Kapoor Khanna Kohli Malhotra Malik Nanda Nayar Oberoi Puri Rehal Roshan Sabharwal Sahni Sehgal Sekhri Sethi Sodhi Suri Talwar Tandon Thapar Tuli Vohra

Rajputs	Hunjan Hun Manhas Bais Butta Bhakral Bhatti Candel Chattar Chib Chauhan Dhulia Gohil Jamwal Janjua Jappa Mair Manj Mekan Naroo Nauls Noon Parmar Panwar Prasad Pundir Puni Rana Ranawat Rawat Ranial Rathore Saharan Sulehria Shaktawat Solangi Sohlan Sisodia Tuar Thakial Varya

Tarkhans	Bhambra Jandu Panesar Rooprai Rayat Reehal Rupal Ramgharia Sohal

Aroras Bakarwal Bania Bishnois Kamboj Kumhars Sansi Sayyid

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Sekhri

Caste

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