Chatra
Chatra (चातरा) is a gotra of Jats. It is branch of Budhwar.[1]
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Origin
Jat Gotras Namesake
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] while describing Arabia mentions...We then come to a promontory, from which to the mainland of the Troglodytæ it is fifty miles, and then the Thoani, the Actæi, the Chatramotitæ, the Tonabei, the Antidalei, the Lexianæ, the Agræi, the Cerbani, and the Sabæi37, the best known of all the tribes of Arabia, on account of their frankincense; these nations extend from sea to sea.38
37 Their country is supposed to have been the Sheba of Scripture, the queen of which visited king Solomon. It was situate in the south-western corner of Arabia Felix, the north and centre of the province of Yemen, though the geographers before Ptolemy seem to give it a still wider extent, quite to the south of Yemen. The Sabæi most probably spread originally on both sides of the southern part of the Red Sea, the shores of Arabia and Africa. Their capital was Saba, in which, according to their usage, their king was confined a close prisoner.
38 The Persian Gulf to the Red Sea.
History
Ram Swarup Joon[3] writes that Budhwar kings are mentioned to have offered presents in the Rajsuya Yagya ceremony of the Pandavas. The descendants of the Budhwar gotra in the western Punjab are called Satroya, Badhan Chatra, Siyan, Gawaya, Goch and Mudyal.
Bhadrakali Temple, Itkhori, Chatra (Jharkhand)
Bhadrakali Temple, Itkhori, Chatra (Jharkhand) - It is 35 kms. on the East of Chatra and 16 kms. west of Chauparan connected with G.T. Road. It is only half a km. away from Bhdrakali complex of Itkhori block headquarters; situated on the bank of river Mahanad (Mahane) surrounded by hill and forest. There is a water reservoir which has a natural beauty of its own. People flock to watch its eternal beauty on ‘ Bishua’ (Kartik Purnima- a festival after Chhath) and enjoy bath & sun bask.[4] Chatra district was a subdivision of Hazaribagh district and was created as districts vide notification no. 128 dated 29-05-1991.[5]
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