Who Are Rajputs? Brief Intro

** Rajput were recognized for their bravery, faithfulness and royalty. The Rajput falls in the category of the Kshatriyas. The Kshatriyas were the warriors who fought in the battles and took care of the governing functions. The Rajput originated from western, eastern, northern India. Until 20th century Rajput ruled in majority in the princely states of Rajasthan and Surashtra.

Throughout their periods of rule in northern India, Rajput built remarkable shrines, castles and forts.Rajputs are divided as vansh and vamsha. The vansh is further divided as Suryavanshi which denotes “House of Sun” who are descended from Lord Ram, Chandravanshi denoting “House of Moon” descended from Lord Krishna and the last one Agnivanshi from the “Family of Fire God”.

Beneath the vansh division there are smaller subdivisions which are kul or shakh (branch), khamp or khanp (twig) and nak (twig tip). Kul serves as primary identity among Rajputs and each one of them worship and is protected by their family goddess known as kuldevi.