Mahuri

Mahuri is a Hindu caste (jāti) and the community members of Mahuri caste are scattered across India with some pockets in Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.[1][2] Mahuri are reported to have migrated from the city of Mathura and surrounding rural locations to the then subah of Bengal under the Mughal Empire. As a faithful community, the Mahuri Vaishya community still continues to worship Mata Mathurasini Devi, an incarnation of Shakti, as their family deity. A set of two wind musical instruments, called Jodi Mahuri, are performed by the community members during marriages as part of Mangal Badya.[3][4][5]

The royal scions of Mahuri estate in Berhampur, Odisha visit the temple every year to perform a ritual during Mahuri Mahotsav.[6] Their ancestors built the Jagannath temple at Khaspa street in 1803. In 2018, Ashok Kumar Narendra Dev, son of Sishir Kumar Dev, the then king of Mahuri estate, performed the ritual of sweeping the chariot in July, a day before they were pulled by the devotees.[7]

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  1. ^ "कोडरमा में 9 जुलाई को माहुरी समाज कराएगा सामूहिक विवाह,रिसेप्शन की भी व्यवस्था". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. ^ "नालंदा: माहुरी समाज को बरगलाने वाले हो जाएं होशियार". www.livehindustan.com (in Hindi). 17 December 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  3. ^ Network, Post News (7 August 2018). "'Jodi Mahuri' may fall silent in the nursery of music - OrissaPOST". Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  4. ^ Himanshu (29 September 2025). "Sulha Bharani being played with Dhol, Nishan, Tasha and Mahuri during Maa Samaleshwari's Dussehra puja in Balangir, watch". KalingaTV. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Jeypore celebrates Dussehra with traditional tribal music". The Times of India. 29 September 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  6. ^ Patnaik, Sunil Mohan (10 December 2024). "'Mahuri Mahotsav' revives dying folk art forms of Ganjam". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  7. ^ Patnaik, Sunil (15 July 2018). "Royal scions perform Lord's ritual". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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