Mewar and Marwar- Dual heritage with the single soul

“Mhaaro Rang Rangeelo Rajasthan” has its significance because of the vivid cultures and communities and traditions and good, colorful nature it is bestowed with. With the largest geographical area in the country, it is also literally and in every sense is the “Land of Kings.” Amongst the ten major regions of Rajasthan, we are here to tell you the difference between two major regions that are the Mewar province and Marwar Province. When overlooked, Mewar and Marwar are pretty much similar but yet they have some contrasting features. Let's find out more about the ‘two regions with sole soul’.

Geography

Mewar, the south-central region of the state of Rajasthan includes Bhilwara, Rajsamand, …show more content…
It has Jangladesh region in North, Ajmer in East, Mewar in Southeast, Godwar in south and Jaisalmer in West.

Etymology

The word “Mewar” is a slang version of the word ‘Medapata’ which was the ancient name of the region. ‘Meda’ refers to the Meda Tribe who used to reside in the region now called Badnor and ‘pata’ refers to the administrative unit.
The word “Marwar” comes from the word ‘Maru’ in Sanskrit which means desert and from a Rajasthani slang‘wad’ which means a particular area. Marwar is basically known as ‘The Region of Desert’.

History

History of both Mewar and Marwar is quite rich and somewhat similar as both were founded by Rajputs. On one hand, where Mewar has a history of wars, defeats, successions, and establishments, Marwar’s history is complex with no direct successions and Mughals and Rajputs ruling now and …show more content…
Their distinct identity is usually described as “proud Rajput tribes of Rajputana”. Their lineage is traced from the Fire family, the Sun Family and the Moon Family. The Sun Family includes Sisodias of Mewar of Chittaur and Udaipur, Rathores of Jodhpur and Bikaner and Kachawas of Amber and Jaipur. While the Moon Family includes the Bhattis of Jaisalmer.
The trading communities include Khandelwal, Agrawal, Maheshwari, Jains, and Gahoi of Marwar. Birlas, Bajajs, Goenkas Singhanias are some top business groups in India, who are famous Marwaris from Rajasthan.
The artisan’s communities like Sonar, Lohars, Bhils etc. are majorly found in