Origin of Nagars-5

It is said that a man of a very low caste once impersonated as a Nagar and married a Nagar girl. When the truth came to the knowledge of the girl she burnt herself to death. After this incidence, Prabhavdatta of Bhartiyajna, who had by then laid down special rules and regulations for the benefit of Nagars, declared that no one should have his daughter married without making proper enquiries and thus the custom of reading the Uptamani(in this names of the leading members of the two families and other members of the community were announced.) came into existence- from Samvat Year 404 or 348 A.D.

There is a legend about Bappa Raval, a Nagar Brahmin of Annandpur, who conquered Chittor from a ruler of the Mori Dynasty and established Mewar. In the inscription of 1216 A.D of Prabhaspatan, Vadnagar has been mentioned as “Nagar”. In the seven generations mentioned therein, some are cited as ministers of the kings of Gujarat, while others are believed to have held high posts in the State. Valla, a minister of King Kumarpal who constructed a fort for Vadnagar and build a temple of Lord Shiv, was a Nagar as per the inscription of Vadnagar Prashasti of 1152 A.D on the pillars of the Torana Gate of Vadnagar.