Welcome To Vanza Mandal

With the Grace of Gopal lal and Hingraj Mata, and the new management committee your website is back. We will try and keep it updated.
If you wish to submit a article please send them to the address given on the contact us page.
We would welcome your comments, so please be frank and fair.

 

NOTE: Soon Vanza Mandal's website will be changing domain names with a new look to the website and also new features.

For more info please contact the webmaster: vanza@saileshmakwana.com

About Vanza Mandal

Vanzas are from Saurashtra (Gujarat) India. Vanza were weavers  & about 150 years ago they turned to sewing - tailoring & some to carpentry. Now Vanza are commonly known as "Darji" (i.e. Tailors). They were Kshatriya warriors & worshipped "Shakti" - Mataji - Mata Hingraj. About 175 years ago Shree Gopal Lal Maharaj (fourth generation of Shree Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharyaji) visited Saurashtra & with subsequent visits of his son Gopendranathji, wanza turned to "vaishnav panth" - "pushit maarg" as propounded by Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharyaji. They accepted Gopal Lal Maharaj as their guru.
Vanza Mandal was formed in 1976 for the Vanza's residing in the UK.

Vanza Mandal

P O BOX 1593
Ilford, Essex

IG4 5GU

Registered Charity No: 286623