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	'''Chunaru''' ({{lang-bn\|চুনারু}}) is a [[Bengali Hindu]] caste whose traditional occupation is the manufacture of slaked lime from the shell of snails.<ref name="kundu">{{cite book \|script-title=bn:বাঙালি হিন্দু জাতি পরিচয় \|trans-title=An Introduction of Bengali Hindu Castes \|language=Bengali \|last=Kundu \|first=Santosh Kumar \|year=2008 \|publisher=Presidency Library \|location=Kolkata \|isbn=978-81-89466-13-8 \|pages=128–129}}</ref> After the advent of quick lime from limestone and the arrival of cement as mortar ingredient, the Chunaru struggled to make a living of their traditional vocation and gradually dwindled in numbers. According to ~~Dr.~~ Maniklal Sinha, there are only about two to three hundred Chunaru families in [[West Bengal]] today.		'''Chunaru''' ({{lang-bn\|চুনারু}}) is a [[Bengali Hindu]] caste whose traditional occupation is the manufacture of slaked lime from the shell of snails.<ref name="kundu">{{cite book \|script-title=bn:বাঙালি হিন্দু জাতি পরিচয় \|trans-title=An Introduction of Bengali Hindu Castes \|language=Bengali \|last=Kundu \|first=Santosh Kumar \|year=2008 \|publisher=Presidency Library \|location=Kolkata \|isbn=978-81-89466-13-8 \|pages=128–129}}</ref> After the advent of quick lime from limestone and the arrival of cement as mortar ingredient, the Chunaru struggled to make a living of their traditional vocation and gradually dwindled in numbers. According to Maniklal Sinha, there are only about two to three hundred Chunaru families in [[West Bengal]] today.

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{{Infobox caste
| caste_name = Chunaru<br/>চুনারু
| classification =
| population =
| populated_states = [[West Bengal]]
| languages = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| religions = [[Hinduism]]
| kula_daivat = Agastya
}}

'''Chunaru''' ({{lang-bn|চুনারু}}) is a [[Bengali Hindu]] caste whose traditional occupation is the manufacture of slaked lime from the shell of snails.<ref name="kundu">{{cite book |script-title=bn:বাঙালি হিন্দু জাতি পরিচয় |trans-title=An Introduction of Bengali Hindu Castes |language=Bengali |last=Kundu |first=Santosh Kumar |year=2008 |publisher=Presidency Library |location=Kolkata |isbn=978-81-89466-13-8 |pages=128–129}}</ref> After the advent of quick lime from limestone and the arrival of cement as mortar ingredient, the Chunaru struggled to make a living of their traditional vocation and gradually dwindled in numbers. According to Dr. Maniklal Sinha, there are only about two to three hundred Chunaru families in [[West Bengal]] today.

== History ==
The [[Brahma Vaivarta Purana]] and the [[Brihaddharma Purana]] have no mention of the Chunarus. According to Santosh Kumar Kundu, the Chunarus were probably counted within the Shankhakars. He also believes that the Chunaru are neither counted as a Scheduled Caste or as an Other Backward Class probably because their numbers are very small. {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

The shells are first burnt in earthen ovens and then watered to prepare the slaked lime.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ঝিনুক থেকে চুন উত্পাদনই জীবিকা |language=Bengali |trans-title=Where preparing lime from shells is the occupation |author=Ishwardi.com Newsdesk |url=http://www.ishwardi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=194:2010-01-11-14-26-56&catid=81:2009-12-21-09-54-38 |newspaper=Ishwardi.com |date=January 11, 2010 |accessdate=December 25, 2011}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Slaked lime]]
* [[Etymology of Kolkata]]
* [[Yogi Nath|Yogi]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bengali Hindu people}}

[[Category:Bengali Hindu castes]]
[[Category:Social groups of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Hindu communities]]
[[Category:Cement]]

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