Tomar: A Town in Portugal

[rkumar]

Tomar is a famous World Heritage Sites in Purtugal. One wonders if this name has anything common with Jat surname Tomar?

http://www.manorhouses.com/unesco/whtomar.html

RK^2

[rkumar]

On google search I found that Tomar is a very common surname in Isreal also and there are many Industries in USA by the name or Tomar. Being a Tomar from my mother side, I would be keen to know more on this world wide link of Tomars.

Rajendra

[arunshamli]

Very Interesting Rajendra ji.:)

When I searched my name "Arun" on internet I got the following information

* Arun is an administrative district of West Sussex, England
* The River Arun flows through West Sussex, England
* Arun is a River in china
* Arun or Aruna refers to the charioteer of the Sun or the rising Sun, according to Hindu scriptures. It is a common male name in India.
* Arun is a plcae in (nigeria, afghanistan)
* Arun was a more or less vassal state of the Sultanate of Aceh, now Indonesia, in the Meureudu area of Sumatra.
* Arun Jayapaul reincarnated Cyborg famous in the future
* Arun is a class of lifeboat used by the RNLI.


for more information please follow the links
www.arun.gov.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arun_%28disambiguation%29
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/MapCenter/Map.aspx?TextLatitude=39.45&TextLongitude=-98.907&TextAltitude=0&TextSelectedEntity=39070&SearchEnc=false&MapStyle=Comprehensive&MapSize=Small&MapStyleSelectedIndex=0&searchTextMap=arun&MapStylesList=Comprehensive&ZoomOnMapClickCheck=on


I wonder if there is any link?

[rkumar]

Most amazing Arun. I could not imagine that a name like Arun will be so wide spread.. This is not a simple coincidence. There is more to it. I will raise the issue with my local UK friends and try to find out more about it.

RK^2

[mansi1218]

very interesting...i think 'Arun' means 'laal' in hindi.

[arunshamli]

very interesting...i think 'Arun' means 'laal' in hindi.


* Arun or Aruna refers to the charioteer of the Sun or the rising Sun, according to Hindu scriptures.

because the rising sun is red and hence the second meaning of Arun is "Laal" as you said. But the primary meaning of the word "Arun" is "the rising sun".

[arunshamli]

Most amazing Arun. I could not imagine that a name like Arun will be so wide spread.. This is not a simple coincidence. There is more to it. I will raise the issue with my local UK friends and try to find out more about it.

RK^2

Rajendera uncle, Kya koi information mili about the city and the river with name Arun in UK?

[rkumar]

Rajendera uncle, Kya koi information mili about the city and the river with name Arun in UK?

I have been working on the subject and found a person in UK whose name is Dr Arun Holden( http://www.cbiol.leeds.ac.uk/ ). From surname he does not sound Indian. I have written to him if he can throw some light on the subject. Let us wait for his response, else I will approach others.

Rajendra