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The Sunar (alternately, Swarnkar ,Soni, Sonar, Singh, Shah, Sonkar) is a caste in India and Nepal.The Sunar community work as traders of gold or as goldsmiths. [2] The community is primarily Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim and found all over India and Nepal.
Brahmin Swarnkar,Shrimali Swarnkar,Brahman Soni The Brahmin Swarnkar are an Indian caste of Shrimali Brahmans, which developed from Shrimal Nagar (now known as Bhinmal). A group of Brahmins adopted a Swarnkar business for their enhancement of life style, and so these Brahmins are called as "Brahmin Swarnkars".
The community claims to be descended from the god Vishvakarma, who is considered by Hindus to be the divine architect or engineer of the universe.He had five children — Manu, Maya, Tvastar, Shilpi and Visvajna — and these are believed by the Vishwakarma community to have been the forebears of their five subgroups, being respectively the gotras (clans) of blacksmiths, carpenters, bell ...
Sunar (alternately, Sonar or Swarnkar, Soni) is a community of people who work as goldsmiths. [42] The community is primarily Hindu, and found all over Rajasthan. The Sunar caste is in central [43] [44] [45] as well as the state [46] OBC list in Rajasthan.
In the late 19th century and 20th century, many Indian lower caste groups underwent sanskritisation in order to seek upward mobility to a high Varna status as that of Brahmins or Kshatriyas. The Castes such as Kurmis , Gadarias , Kachi , Jatavs , [ 4 ] : 68–74 Lodhs , Kalwar , [ 5 ] Ahirs [ 3 ] : 144–148 underwent sanskritisation in order ...
This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are those considered the most socio-economic disadvantaged in India, and are officially defined in the Constitution of India in order to aid equality initiatives.
Someone recently moved this article to Mair Kshatriya Swarnkar.I have reverted them because (a) the article makes no mention of that name; (b) Sunar is in common use; (c) I suspect a dose of sanskritisation is going on.
The evolution of the lower caste and tribe into the modern-day Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe is complex. The caste system as a stratification of classes in India originated about 2,000 years ago, and has been influenced by dynasties and ruling elites, including the Mughal Empire and the British Raj.