Modh

Modh communities comprise people who use the name and originate from Modhera in Gujarat, India which is not correct. Modh word comes from sanskrit word Modak which means Sweets and sweetmakers also called Halwai caste in Bihar, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Many North States. Thease Halwai caste are Bania with surnames Shah, Shaha, Sah, Gupta etc. In that state and in Rajasthan and Bihar, there are many examples of Hindu communities who take their name from a town and thus there exist both Modh Brahmin and Modh Bania which is also not true. Taking names from town is not the traditions of Northern Indian states but southern India. Jain religion was originated in Bihar and Bania caste from Bihar took that religion and in the course of time they migrated to many places including Gujrat and Rajasthan. Many place name like Ghogha in Gujrat is same as Ghogha in Bhagalpur district Ghogha. Even the dialect of Gujrati language is similar to Angika language spoken in Bhagalpur region of Bihar. Where two groups share a similar toponym, the Brahmin group often traditionally acted as priests for the other, although this was not always the case and sometimes there was no corresponding group at all or there were more than two.[1] In the case of Modhera, there is at least one other group - the Modh Modi- and some journalists have suggested that they are prosperous and mainly in textiles, grocery, finance and diamond trades. .[2]