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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Pattegar
| popplace = [[Karnataka]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Gujarat]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
| langs = [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Saurashtra language|Saurashtra]]
| rels = [[File:Om.svg|15px]] [[Hinduism]]
| related = [[Khatri]], [[Savji]]
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
}}

'''Pattegar''' (also spelt as '''Patvegar''', '''Patewegar''', '''Patwegar''', '''Patvekari''', '''Patekar''' & '''Pattagar''') is a [[Hindu]] community predominantly residing in the [[Indian people|Indian]] [[States and union territories of India|states]] of [[Karnataka]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]]. They wear the [[Upanayana|sacred thread]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5RPAQAAMAAJ&q=Pattegars|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: Gulbarga District (Kalburgi District)|last=Kāmat|first=Sūryanātha|date=1993|publisher=Office of the Chief Editor, Karnataka Gazetteer|language=en}}</ref> and claim to be [[Kshatriya]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WhuAAAAMAAJ&q=Pattegars|title=Gujarat holocaust: communalism in the land of Gandhi|last=Sharma|first=Ram Nath|date=2002|publisher=Shubhi Publications|pages=103|isbn=9788187226710|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19840731-communal-violence-breaks-out-in-hubli-karnataka-for-the-third-time-803162-1984-07-31|title=Communal violence breaks out in Karnataka for the third time|last=Bhanumathi|first=K|date=1984|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> They are Somavamshiya Sahasrarjun Kshatriyas<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VBQwAQAAIAAJ&q=Pattegars|title=People of India - Volume 26, Part 3|last1=Singh|first1=Kumar Suresh|last2=India|first2=Anthropological Survey of|date=2003|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=9788185938981|pages=1203|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/23/stories/0423210m.htm|title=Communal violence, a blot on Hubli|last=M.Madan|first=Mohan|date=2001|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2018-03-27}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> or SSK Samaj.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/19/stories/2005121902190300.htm|title=Karnataka / Hubli-Dharwad News : SSK Samaj alleges police harassment|date=2005|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2018-03-28}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/SSK-research-centre-at-in-Karnatak-University/article16520122.ece|title=SSK research centre at in Karnatak University|date=2009-09-23|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-03-28|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

All of them follow [[Hinduism]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=66q1AAAAIAAJ&q=Patvegar+religion|title=Mysore State Gazetteer: Chitradurga District|last=Sri Sathyan|first=B. N.|date=1967|publisher=Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|pages=114|language=en}}</ref> and are traditionally [[silk]] [[Weaving|weavers]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ramaswamy|first=Vijaya|title=Migrations in Medieval and Early Colonial India|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2017|pages=131}}</ref> Their principal deity is [[Shakti]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mysore (India : State)|last2=Sri Sathyan|first2=B. N.|date=1972|title=Mysore State Gazetteer: Bellary|journal=Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|pages=120}}</ref> They claim their lineage to legendary king [[Kartavirya Arjuna|Sahasrarjuna]] and celebrate Sahasrarjuna Jayanti.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/640082/ssk-samaj-celebrates-sahasrarjun-jayanti.html|title=SSK Samaj celebrates Sahasrarjun Jayanti|date=2017|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/hundreds-participate-in-sahasrarjun-jayanti-utsav-procession-in-hubli/article18500935.ece|title=Hundreds participate in Sahasrarjun Jayanti Utsav procession in Hubli|date=2006-10-30|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Language==

The Pattegars speak a [[language]] called [[Saurashtra language|Pattegari]] or [[Khatri]] or [[Saurashtra language|Saurashtra]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/saur1248|title=Glottolog 3.2 - Saurashtra|website=glottolog.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref> a [[dialect]] of [[Gujarati languages|Gujarati]] with the amalgamation of present-day [[Sanskrit]], [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Kannada]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=A descriptive Grammar of the Khatri dialect.|last=Joshi|first=L. G|publisher=Doctoral dissertation, Poona: Deccan College|year=1964|location=Pune|pages=291}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Patnūlkarar]]
*[[Pattusali]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Kshatriya communities]]
[[Category:Social groups of India]]
[[Category:Social groups of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Karnataka society]]
[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Social groups of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Social groups of Telangana]]

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