{{Short description|Hindu caste}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}}
'''Mahuri''' is a Hindu caste (jāti) and the community members of Mahuri caste are scattered across India with some pockets in Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.<ref>{{Cite news |title=कोडरमा में 9 जुलाई को माहुरी समाज कराएगा सामूहिक विवाह,रिसेप्शन की भी व्यवस्था |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/jharkhand/koderma-mass-marriage-will-be-organized-by-mahuri-samaj-on-9th-july-8408243.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240615021310/https://hindi.news18.com/news/jharkhand/koderma-mass-marriage-will-be-organized-by-mahuri-samaj-on-9th-july-8408243.html |archive-date=2024-06-15 |access-date=2026-03-11 |work=News18 हिंदी |language=hi-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-17 |title=नालंदा: माहुरी समाज को बरगलाने वाले हो जाएं होशियार |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/biharsharif/story-nalanda-deceive-mahuri-society-become-conscious-2318097.html |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=www.livehindustan.com |language=hi}}</ref> Mahuri are reported to have migrated from the city of Mathura and surrounding rural locations to the then subah of Bengal under the Mughal Empire. As a faithful community, the Mahuri Vaishya community still continues to worship ''Mata Mathurasini Devi'', an incarnation of Shakti, as their family deity.{{cn|date=October 2023}} A set of two wind musical instruments, called Jodi Mahuri, are performed by the community members during marriages as part of ''Mangal Badya''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Network |first=Post News |date=2018-08-07 |title=‘Jodi Mahuri’ may fall silent in the nursery of music - OrissaPOST |url=https://www.orissapost.com/jodi-mahuri-may-fall-silent-in-the-nursery-of-music/ |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Himanshu |date=2025-09-29 |title=Sulha Bharani being played with Dhol, Nishan, Tasha and Mahuri during Maa Samaleshwari's Dussehra puja in Balangir, watch |url=https://kalingatv.com/features/sulha-bharani-being-played-with-dhol-nishan-tasha-and-mahuri-during-maa-samaleshwaris-dussehra-puja-in-balangir/ |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=KalingaTV |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-29 |title=Jeypore celebrates Dussehra with traditional tribal music |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/jeypore-celebrates-dussehra-with-traditional-tribal-music/articleshow/124217922.cms |access-date=2026-03-11 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
The royal scions of Mahuri estate in Berhampur, Odisha visit the temple every year to perform a ritual during Mahuri Mahotsav.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patnaik |first=Sunil Mohan |date=2024-12-10 |title=‘Mahuri Mahotsav’ revives dying folk art forms of Ganjam |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/mahuri-mahotsav-revives-dying-folk-art-forms-of-ganjam-928469 |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref> Their ancestors built the Jagannath temple at Khaspa street in 1803. In 2018, Ashok Kumar Narendra Dev, son of Sishir Kumar Dev, the then king of Mahuri estate, performed the ritual of sweeping the chariot in July, a day before they were pulled by the devotees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patnaik |first=Sunil |date=15 July 2018 |title=Royal scions perform Lord's ritual |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/royal-scions-perform-lord-s-ritual/cid/1418948 |access-date=11 March 2026 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref>
==See also== * Bhadani Nagar * Vinodini Tarway
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Indian castes Category:Bania communities Category:Social groups of Bihar Category:People from Mathura