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<p>2600:1700:9EE0:EEA0:4034:E7BB:E58F:1DA8: </p> <hr /> <div>{{use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}<br /> {{use Indian English|date=February 2018}}<br /> <br /> '''Madval''', sometimes also known as ''[[Dhobi]]'', is a washerman community of [[Goa]] and rest of the [[Konkan]]. They claim to be ''Rajaka''s.The occupation of washermen is hereditary. The services of washermen are essential for the people of the urban as well as rural areas alike.&lt;ref name=mad&gt;{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Union Territory Goa, Daman and Diu: district gazetteer, Volume 1|year=1979|publisher=Gazetteer Dept., Govt. of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu}}&lt;/ref&gt; They have their own localities which are sometimes gifted to them by the temples for the services they render and agriculture farmers.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> {{Ethnic and social groups of Goa and Konkan}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hinduism in Goa]]<br /> [[Category:Social groups of Goa]]</div>

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