Sarawagi

The Sarawagi or Saraogi or Sarawgi Baniya community, meaning a Jain Śrāvaka.

Organisations

The Khandelwal Digambar Jain Mahasabha was founded by Lunkaran Pandya of Jhalarapatan and Padam Chand Benara of Agra on 28 February 1916 in Bombay, where both were living at the time.[1]

Agarwal Sarawagis

The term Sarawagi is also used by are Agarwal Sarawagis from Churu as well as other districts of Rajasthan. They are a section of Agrawal Jain community.

See also

• Jainism in Rajasthan
• Kasliwal

Notes

1. Khandelwal Digambar Jain Mahasabha ka sankshipta itihas, Jain Gazette, 6 March 2008, p.7

Further reading

• Qvarnström, Olle; Jaini, Padmanabh S. (2003). Jainism and early Buddhism: essays in honor of Padmanabh S. Jaini. Jain Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-89581-956-7.