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	== History ==		== History ==
	The [[Brihaddharma Purana]] classified the Kansabaniks among the upper mixed castes in the caste hierarchy. The [[Brahma Vaivarta Purana\|Brahmavaivarta Purana]] classified the Kansbaniks in the pure Shudra category. Ballal Sen incorporated the Kansabaniks among the Navashakhas. According to [[William Wilson Hunter]], the Kansabaniks are the braziers and the coppersmiths, manufacturers and sellers of brass and copper utensils.		The [[Brihaddharma Purana]] classified the Kansabaniks among the upper mixed castes in the caste hierarchy. The [[Brahma Vaivarta Purana\|Brahmavaivarta Purana]] classified the Kansbaniks in the pure [[Shudra]] category. Ballal Sen incorporated the Kansabaniks among the Navashakhas. According to [[William Wilson Hunter]], the Kansabaniks are the braziers and the coppersmiths, manufacturers and sellers of brass and copper utensils.

	According to legend, an apsara from heaven was cursed and took birth as a human on earth. Vishwakarma, who too was born as a Brahmin incarnate on the earth, married her and had nine sons. The sons grew up to be skilled artists. One of the sons took up the profession of a brazier. He is supposed to be the progenitor of the Kansabaniks.<ref name="kundu"/>		According to legend, an apsara from heaven was cursed and took birth as a human on earth. Vishwakarma, who too was born as a Brahmin incarnate on the earth, married her and had nine sons. The sons grew up to be skilled artists. One of the sons took up the profession of a brazier. He is supposed to be the progenitor of the Kansabaniks.<ref name="kundu"/>

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{{Infobox caste
| caste_name = Kansabanik/Kansari
| classification =
| family_names =
| population =
| populated_states = [[West Bengal]], [[Odisha]]
| languages = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Odia language|Odia]]
| religions = [[Hinduism]]
| kula_daivat = [[Vishwakarma]]
| kula_devi = [[Lakshmi]]
}}

'''Kansabanik or Kansari''' ({{lang-bn|কংসবনিক}}, {{lang-or|କଂସାରୀ}}) is a [[Hindu caste]]<ref name="Ray2007">{{cite book|author=Dipti Ray|title=Prataparudradeva, the Last Great Suryavamsi King of Orissa (A.D. 1497 to A.D. 1540)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=to_U9I6Ol9wC&pg=PA174|year=2007|publisher=Northern Book Centre|isbn=978-81-7211-195-3|pages=174–}}</ref> found from [[West Bengal]], [[Odisha]] and [[Assam]] state of [[India]]. Who are traditionally braziers and coppersmiths by profession.<ref name="kundu">{{cite book |title=Bangali Hindu Jati Parichay |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=93–96}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Ramesh P. |last1=Mohanty|first2=Durgesh Nandini |last2=Biswal|title=Culture, Gender and Gender Discrimination: Caste Hindu and Tribal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kl66OPnClpoC&pg=PA40|year=2007|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-199-1|page=40}}</ref>

== History ==
The [[Brihaddharma Purana]] classified the Kansabaniks among the upper mixed castes in the caste hierarchy. The [[Brahma Vaivarta Purana|Brahmavaivarta Purana]] classified the Kansbaniks in the pure Shudra category. Ballal Sen incorporated the Kansabaniks among the Navashakhas. According to [[William Wilson Hunter]], the Kansabaniks are the braziers and the coppersmiths, manufacturers and sellers of brass and copper utensils.

According to legend, an apsara from heaven was cursed and took birth as a human on earth. Vishwakarma, who too was born as a Brahmin incarnate on the earth, married her and had nine sons. The sons grew up to be skilled artists. One of the sons took up the profession of a brazier. He is supposed to be the progenitor of the Kansabaniks.<ref name="kundu"/>

== See also ==
* [[Dhokra]]
* [[Karmakar]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bengali Hindu people}}

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

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