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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the community of India|the village|Dhador}}<br />
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'''Dhandhor'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Pandey |first=Shyam Manohar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kanYAAAAMAAJ&q=Dhandhor |title=The Hindi oral epic Canainī: the tale of Lorik and Candā |date=1982 |publisher=Sahitya Bhawan |language=hi}}</ref> or '''Dharhor''' is a subdivision of the [[Yadav]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] in India.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LHEZAQAAMAAJ&q=Dharhor |title=India Today |date=1994 |publisher=Aroon Purie for Living Media India Limited |language=en}}</ref> The Dharhors claim to have been the first settlers of the Senapur village of [[Jaunpur district]], in modern day [[Uttar Pradesh]], and it may be that they had the responsibility of protecting the original [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] settlers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Planalp |first=Jack M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1HdLF0_8ndYC&q=dharhors |title=Religious Life and Values in a North Indian Village |date=1956 |publisher=Cornell University |language=en}}</ref> They are the second-most represented subcastes of [[Yadav|Yadavs]] in [[Purvanchal]] (eastern region of [[Uttar Pradesh]]) after the Gwalvanshi Ahir sub-caste.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pradesh (India) |first=Uttar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQJDAAAAYAAJ |title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Gorakhpur |date=1985 |publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh |language=en}}</ref> They are also populated in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Bihar]] and [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=सिन्हा |first=मीनाक्षी |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zx4bAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0 |title=मिथिला के यादव |date=1993 |publisher=Mahārājā Lakshmīśvara Siṃha Risarca Sosāiṭī |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The word ''Dhandhor'' etymologically signifies "one whose wealth lies in cattle" being derived from ''dhan''; wealth and ''dhor''; hoofed cattle.<ref>{{Cite book |last=General |first=India Office of the Registrar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZL_UAAAAMAAJ&q=Dhandhor+euphemism |title=Census of India, 1961: Himachal Pradesh |date=1962 |publisher=Manager of Publications |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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== History ==<br />
Dhandhor (Darhore) have migrated from Dundak ([[Dandakaranya|Dandak]]) forests of [[Central India|Central]]-[[South India|South]] India.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Session |first=North East India History Association |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1i9uAAAAMAAJ&q=Dundak+Khatick |title=Proceedings of North East India History Association |date=1989 |publisher=The Association |language=en}}</ref>{{better source|reason=snippet view|date=March 2025}}<br />
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== Culture ==<br />
In the areas where [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Magahi language|Magahi]] and [[Chhattisgarhi]] dialects are spoken three clans of [[Ahir]] dominate i.e. Dhandhor, Gwal and [[Krishnaut]] and it is these three main groups alone who continue the tradition of the Chanainī or [[Lorikayan|Loriki]] singing.<ref name=":0" /> The buffalo-breeder/grazier Ahirs were called Dhandhors.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hasan |first1=Amir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZjJnSGTwTRUC&q=Dhadhor |title=People of India: The Communities: Gaddi-Muslim Teli |last2=Das |first2=J. C. |last3=Rizvi |first3=Baqr Raza |date=2004 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7304-114-3 |language=en}}</ref> They sell milk, curd and similar items.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pandey |first=Shyam Manohar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kanYAAAAMAAJ&q=Danhors+sell+milk+only+curd |title=The Hindi oral epic Canainī: the tale of Lorik and Candā |date=1982 |publisher=Sahitya Bhawan |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*{{cite book|last1=Coccari|first1=Diane Marjorie|title=The Bir Babas of Banaras: an analysis of a folk deity in North Indian Hinduism|date=1986|publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QFtAAAAMAAJ}}<br />
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