Tomar

Tomar (also called Tomara, Tanwar and Tuar) is a Hindu clan, the members of which ruled parts of North India at different times. The Tomars claim descent from the Puruvanshi lineage of Indraprashtha of Mahabharata times.^[1] People belonging to the Tomar clan are found among the Gurjars^[2]^[3] and Jats of northern India.

History

Lord Krishna displays his Vishvarupa (Universal Form) to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.

Middle Ages - 1st Millennium AD

Historian Augustus Hoernle was of the opinion that the Tomaras were one of the ruling clans of Gurjars in the Gurjara-Pratihara era of North India- 4th - 8th century AD,^[2] Ancient Kuru Kingdom continuing its existence in the ages when India was ruled by Gupta Kings. It remained one of the 18 Great States under Gupta Kings.^[4]

Tomar Media

Praça da República (Republic Square) and Paços do Concelho (17th century Town Hall), in Tomar. The bronze statue represents Gualdim Pais, founder of the town.
Castle and Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar; transferred in 1344 to the Knights of the Order of Christ
View of the round Templar church (12th century) of the Convent of the Order of Christ
Church of Santa Maria do Olival, burial place for the Knights Templar of Tomar
Church of São João Baptista (15-16th centuries) in the centre of Tomar.
View of the park, with river Nabão
The main event of "Festa dos tabuleiros" (festival of the trays) is the procession of the girls carrying their "tabuleiro" (tray) on his head, accompained by a man. Each tray should has the same high that the girl and is composed by 30 breads, paper flowers and a crown, on its top a dove (symbol of the holy spirit) or the "cruz de cristo".
This monument is indexed in the IGESPAR database (Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico), under the reference 70469.
Fernando Tamagnini de Abreu e Silva, 1917

References

↑ Matthew Atmore Sherring, Hindu tribes and castes, Volume 1, page 137
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 A. F. Rudolf Hoernle (1905). "Some Problems of Ancient Indian History. No. III: The Gurjara Clans(Concluded from p. 662, October, 1904)". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, (Jan., 1905), pp. 1-32: 1–32. JSTOR 25208724. Page 1:"The Tomaras were a clan of Gurjara tribe" and page 2:Both this "leader" and the "lord" Rudrena must have been chiefs of minor divisions of the imperial Tomara clan of Gurjaras.
↑ Rahul Khari (5 January 2007). Jats and Gujars: origin, history and culture. Reference Press. ISBN 978-81-8405-031-8. Retrieved 28 September 2011. In the contemporary Delhi, there are about 75 villages inhabited by the Gujars out of which 12 villages happened to be in Mehrauli where Gujars belonging to Tomar clan dwell, who call themselves 'Tanwar'.
↑ Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Political history of ancient India: from the accession of Parikshit to the Gupta Empire

[1] Matthew Atmore Sherring, Hindu tribes and castes, Volume 1, page 137

[A._F._Rudolf_Hoernle-2] 2.0 ^2.1 A. F. Rudolf Hoernle (1905). "Some Problems of Ancient Indian History. No. III: The Gurjara Clans(Concluded from p. 662, October, 1904)". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, (Jan., 1905), pp. 1-32: 1–32. JSTOR 25208724. Page 1:"The Tomaras were a clan of Gurjara tribe" and page 2:Both this "leader" and the "lord" Rudrena must have been chiefs of minor divisions of the imperial Tomara clan of Gurjaras.

[Khari2007-3] Rahul Khari (5 January 2007). Jats and Gujars: origin, history and culture. Reference Press. ISBN 978-81-8405-031-8. Retrieved 28 September 2011. In the contemporary Delhi, there are about 75 villages inhabited by the Gujars out of which 12 villages happened to be in Mehrauli where Gujars belonging to Tomar clan dwell, who call themselves 'Tanwar'.

[4] Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Political history of ancient India: from the accession of Parikshit to the Gupta Empire

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