Karalia

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Karalia (करालिया) Karal (कराल) Kharal (खराल) is Jat gotra descended from nagavanshi mahapurusha Karala (कराल).

History

The Mahabharata - Aswamedha Parva Book 14:Section VIII Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. 1883-1896 mentions about Karala as protectors of gold mines of Kuvera as under:

"Samvarta said, "There is a peak named Munjaban on the summits of the Himalaya mountains, where the adorable Lord of Uma (Mahadeva) is constantly engaged in austere devotional exercises. ...And, O foremost of conquerors, on all sides of that mountain, there exist mines of gold, resplendent as the rays of the sun. And O king, the attendants of Kuvera, desirous of doing good to him, protect these mines of gold from intruders, with uplifted arms. Hie thee thither, and appease that adorable god who is known by the names of ....Hariyaksha, Vardak, Vamana, Shiva, etc. This is made clear in shloka 13 :

कपर्दिने करालाय हर्यक्ष्णे वरदाय च

तर्यक्ष्णे पूष्णॊ दन्तभिदे वामनाय शिवाय च ।।13 ।।

The Mahabharata Book 9: Chapter 44, Shalya Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. 1883-1896 mentions about the Gods who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Karal has been mentioned along with other Gods as under in shloka 56:

अजॊदरॊ गजशिराः सकन्धाक्षः शतलॊचनः

जवाला जिह्वः करालश च सितकेशॊ जटी हरिः ।।56 ।।

Skanda Purana mentions that there are Twenty-eight types of hells. Karala is mentioned at 19th order. Each of the latter hell is more horrific than the former. Sinners have to undergo unbearable pain and sufferings in the hell.

Distribution

Kharal (खराल) Jats live in Punjab in India and Pakistan. ^[1] Kharral population is 1,650 in Patiala district. ^[2]

Karala village

There is a village named Karala near Delhi, where people of the gotra Machhar (माछर) or Matsya (मत्स्य) gotra of Jats live.

Notable persons from this clan

• Rae Ahmed Nawaz Khan Kharal - Freedom fighter from Pakistan

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