Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/social-groups-of-karnataka

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Ganiga

Hindu Religious caste

Hindu Religious caste

Ganiga is a caste found in the state of Karnataka, India. They were originally oil pressers and also oil-mongers in the Mysore region of Karnataka. They add the title Shetty to their name.

Ganiga men used to wear sacred thread. They hold themselves to be high class Vaishyas and did not eat food cooked by anyone other than Havyaka Brahmins. They employed Havyaka Brahmins to perform their chief ceremonies and their religious teacher is the chief of Vaishnava monastery at Abbur-Channapatna -Head quarters and they belong to Kundapura Vyasaraja Peetham. They are classified as OBC in India's system of positive discrimination.

References

References

  1. Bageshree, S.. (19 December 2012). "When a well-oiled system came to a halt". The Hindu.
  2. (1883). "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.)". Government Central Press.
  3. (1883). "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.)". Government Central Press.
  4. (1883). "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.)". Government Central Press.
  5. (1883). "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.)". Government Central Press.
  6. (9 Jan 2015). "Central List of OBCs - State: Karnataka". National Commission for Backward Classes.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

social-groups-of-karnataka oil-pressing-castes other-backward-classes-of-karnataka
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Ganiga — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report