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Hindu community in south India
Ethnic group
Pattegar (also spelt as Patvegar , Patewegar , Patwegar , Patvekari & Pattagar ) is a
Hindu community predominantly residing in the
Indian
states of
Karnataka ,
Maharashtra ,
Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana . They wear the
sacred thread
[1] and are
Kshatriyas .
[2]
[3] They are Somavamshiya Sahasrarjun Kshatriyas or SSK Samaj.
[4] and are given reservation in Maharashtra.
All of them follow
Hinduism
[5] and are traditionally
silk
weavers .
[6] Their principal deity is
Shakti .
[7] They have their lineage to legendary king
Sahasrarjuna and celebrate Sahasrarjuna Jayanti.
[8]
[9] They have GRAM SABHA (local samaj forum) in their localities which are registered as societies or trusts.
Language
The Pattegars speak a
language called
Pattegari or
Khatri or
Saurashtra ,
[10] a
dialect of
Gujarati with the amalgamation of present-day
Sanskrit ,
Hindi ,
Marathi ,
Gujarati ,
Sindhi ,
Marwari ,
Telugu and
Kannada .
[11]
See also
References
^ Kāmat, Sūryanātha (1993).
Karnataka State Gazetteer: Gulbarga District (Kalburgi District) . Office of the Chief Editor, Karnataka Gazetteer.
^ Sharma, Ram Nath (2002).
Gujarat holocaust: communalism in the land of Gandhi . Shubhi Publications. p. 103.
ISBN
9788187226710 .
^ Bhanumathi, K (1984).
"Communal violence breaks out in Karnataka for the third time" . India Today . Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
^
"SSK research centre at in Karnatak University" . The Hindu . 23 September 2009.
ISSN
0971-751X . Retrieved 28 March 2018 .
^ Sri Sathyan, B. N. (1967).
Mysore State Gazetteer: Chitradurga District . Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press. p. 114.
^ Ramaswamy, Vijaya (2017). Migrations in Medieval and Early Colonial India . Taylor & Francis. p. 131.
^ Mysore (India : State); Sri Sathyan, B. N. (1972). "Mysore State Gazetteer: Bellary". Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press : 120.
^
"SSK Samaj celebrates Sahasrarjun Jayanti" . Deccan Herald . 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2018 .
^
"Hundreds participate in Sahasrarjun Jayanti Utsav procession in Hubli" . The Hindu . 30 October 2006.
ISSN
0971-751X . Retrieved 30 May 2018 .
^
"Glottolog 3.2 - Saurashtra" . glottolog.org . Retrieved 28 March 2018 .
^ Joshi, L. G (1964). A descriptive Grammar of the Khatri dialect . Pune: Doctoral dissertation, Poona: Deccan College. p. 291.
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