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The '''Tirgar''' people are found in the states of [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]] in [[India]].<ref name=PoI38>People of India Rajasthan Volume XXXVIII Part Two edited by B.K Lavania, D. K Samanta, S K Mandal & N.N Vyas pages 968 to 971 Popular Prakashan</ref><ref name=PoI21>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1379-1383</ref>

==History ==

The Tirgar derive their name from the words for arrow (''tir'') and maker (''gar''). This community was traditionally associated with the manufacture of bows and arrows. Their origin legend describes them as originally [[Rajput]]. They are said to have supplied arrows to the god [[Rama]].<ref name=PoI38/> The Tirgar claim to have immigrated to the region in the [[Middle Ages]], and were invited by the local [[Rajput]] community to manufacture bows and arrows.<ref name=PoI21/> Tirgar from Rajasthan used to make them for [[Maharana Pratap]].

==Residence==

The Tirgar inhabit the districts of [[Jalore district|Jalore]], Mevad, [[Jaipur district|Jaipur]], [[Udaipur district|Udaipur]], [[Dungarpur district|Dungarpur]], [[Barmer district|Barmer]] and [[Sirohi district|Sirohi]]. They speak [[Marwari language|Marwari]] and profess [[Hinduism]]. Their main deities are Thakurji and Shundamata. Like other [[Hindu]] castes, they are divided into (20) [[gotra]]s. Their main clans are Chauhan, Darbar, Parmar and Rajput, and Rathore In the northern part of India and Pakistan, Rathore is a clan of Rajputs who claim descent from the mythical [[Solar dynasty|Suryavansha]] (solar dynasty). Some of the other groups who claim to be of Rathore origin are [[Maratha (caste)|Marathas]], and [[Koli people|Kolis]]. Alternative spellings include Rathaur or Rathor or Rathur or Rathod or Rathour or Rahtore. They maintain the principle of gotra [[Exogamous group|exogamy]].

With the demise of their traditional occupation, the community mainly engage in agriculture. They are mainly landless, and depend on wage labour.<ref name=PoI38/>

In [[Gujarat]], the Tirgar are found mainly in the districts of [[Banaskantha district|Banaskatha]], [[Banaskantha district|Palanpur]], [[Vadgam]], [[Ambaji]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Panchmahal district|Panchamahal]], [[Sabarkantha]] and [[Kheda]]. They divided into clans, which are arranged hierarchically order, starting with the Parmar, followed by the Rajput, Darbar, Chauhan, Rathore, and Waghela The Tirgar practice [[hypergamy]] and [[hypogamy]]. They are community of small farmers, with many immigrating to the various urban centres of [[Gujarat]]. Their customs are similar to other [[Hindu]] communities of north [[Gujarat]].<ref name=PoI21/>

The Gujarati Tirgar belong to the Bijpanthi sect of [[Hinduism]], and pay particular reverence to [[Krishna]].

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