Ajay Kumar: Introducing Patra (caste)

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{{Short description|Petty Trading community of Odisha, India}}
'''Patra or Patara''' is a caste found in the [[Odisha State]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite book
|title=Odisha
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TsYAM7NdoXkC&q=patara+tassar
|year=2012
|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India by Seagull Books
|isbn=978-81-7046-294-1}}</ref><ref name="BehuraMohanty2005">{{cite book|author1=Nab Kishore Behura|author2=Ramesh P. Mohanty|title=Family Welfare in India: A Cross-cultural Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o6Gz0ZDw7PQC&pg=PA49|year=2005|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-920-3|pages=49–}}</ref> Traditionally they are [[Petty business|petty traders]] (silk-weavers)<ref name="Behura2005">{{cite book|author=N.K. Behura|title=Status and Empowerment of the Girl Child: Aspects in Cross-cultural Context|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0brnjj6S6isC&pg=PA29|year=2005|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-961-6|pages=29–}}</ref> inside and outside of the village. They trade in cotton and silk yarn, vermilion, and sacred threads meant for various rites and rituals. They are also required to supply these materials to the village deity and also to the [[Hindu caste]] people of the village on various ceremonial such as religious occasions.<ref name="Mohanty2003">{{cite book|author=Ramesh P. Mohanty|title=Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMCEOmVXhLkC&pg=PA38|year=2003|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-696-7|pages=38–}}</ref>

==Social life==

They have two sub-divisions named, 1-'''Aswini Patara''' and 2-'''Gaudia Patara'''. They used the surnames includes;Kundu, Kotual, Ash, [[Behera]], Meher,Guin, Patra, Paramanik,Naha, Tosh, [[Sahoo]],Das,pal, Dalal etc. The religious festivals like Raksha Bandhan,Pana Sankranti, Kanak Durga Puja and Hara Gouri Puja are mostly associated with the people of Patara community.<ref>{{cite book
|title=Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns: Orissa. Talcher
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XxKQRaL6CIMC&q=Panasankranti
|year=1989
|publisher=Controller of Publication}}</ref>

==Status==
They are included in the Brahmins in the state of Odisha and West Bengal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/orrisa.pdf |title=www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in |format= |accessdate=}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Odisha]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]

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Ajay Kumar: Introducing Patra (caste)