Harkor is Kuldevi of

Lohana Lohana, also referred to as Loharana, Thakkar and Lohrana, are an Indian trading or mercantile '' jāti''. Lohanas claim to be descendants of the Lava, son of Rama, and to descend from the Raghuvanshi dynasty.Lachaier, Pierre. "Cérémonies D'ho ...

clan. She is worshiped by Lohanas along with her brother

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. As per their folk tales, Jashraj, who lived around between 1205 and 1231 near Lohar-gadha (presentday

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), was at his wedding

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when he realises that enemies were taking away cows, an animal holy to Hindus. Hearing this he left his wedding and went after the enemies with a group of warriors to save the cows. He was accompanied by his sister Harkor Pobaru, who led a group of Lohana women warriors.http://www.lohanatimes.org/history.asp Although, the enemy from

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was eventually defeated and Jashraj victorious, he was killed as the result of an enemy strategem. Harkor also fell in the battle, becoming a

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. Ever since both have been worshiped by Lohanas and

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s as

kuladevata A kuladevatā (), also known as a kuladaivaṃ, is an ancestral tutelary deity in Hinduism and Jainism. Such a deity is often the object of one's devotion ('' bhakti''), and is coaxed to watch over one's clan (''kula''), gotra, family, and c ...

and kuladevi, respectively.Lohanas in Diaspora
/ref> She is especially revered and worshiped as clan-deity by the Pobaru branch of Lohanas, into which she was married.

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