Our Gnati members from Mysore, Tiptur, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad-Secunderabad, etc. In the year 1976 a conference was held in Bangalore comprising members from South India. Hence networking with members of our Gnati in South India was essential for various reasons. It is worthwhile to note that initially there were very few families settled in Bangalore. Foremost names are Late Nanchand Gulabchand Shah, Late Sri Keshavlal Tribhovandas Shah, Late Hiralal Girdharlal Shah, Late Sri Chatrabhuj Bechardas Shah. Our elders laid a very strong foundation for the Gnati. This vision of our elders was a very wise step as all the three branches have mingled with each other very well like sugar getting mixed in milk. When our elders formed Ghoghari Gnati, they also included families from Sorath & Halar as at that time there were very few families in all the 3 branches. He founded a school way back in 1917 named Desai Velchand Vasram Gujarati Shala in the heart of the city i.e. One of our members had a great fore sight. They had the vision to form Ghoghari Gnati of our members settled in Bangalore so that theyl mingle with each other and have unity amongst them. Probably they had anticipated that due to availability of ample opportunity, a lot of members from Gujarat & other places would migrate to Bangalore. Beginning with a small branch, it has now blossomed into a big tree. Some of the early members from Ghoghari Samaj who settled in Bangalore were Paldiwala Desai Jasraj Dayalji & Desai Nemchand Velchand, Vartejwala Shah Tarachand Gandalal & Shah Harichand Premchand, Umrala (Bhavnagar) wala Girdharlal Damodardas, Kajavadarwala Shah Girdharlal Zaverchand & Rajparawala Kuverji Jethabhai. Far away from their original home town, they settled in Bangalore primarily to do business. In Gujarati community as a whole they were the early settlers in Bangalore. In early part of previous century, some of our members migrated from Gujarat & other places and made Bangalore their home. The term Ghoghari referes to people from Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Sri Bangalore Ghoghari Visasrimali Jain Samaj was originally formed as Sri Bangalore Ghoghari Visasrimali Jain Gnati on. Sri Bangalore Ghoghari Visasrimali Jain Samaj (R) In this section: About Our Samaj Rules and Regulations and By-Laws About Our Samaj