Paliwal

Paliwal is a surname in India that many families have adopted from their place of origin: Pali. Pali was for many years a center of trade and commerce, located in the current state of Rajasthan in India. Although these people practised many religions and belonged to different Hindu castes, most of them were Brahmins. A lot of them belong to jain community too, who call themselves Digamber Paliwal Jains having surnames Lodaya, Khedikar etc.