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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Vanza''' also spelt as '''Wanza''' sometimes, is a [[Hindu]] Khatri artisan community from [[Gujarat]] state of [[India]]. The main occupation of the community is of weaving, dyeing and also tailoring -[[Darzi]] works.<ref name="General1970">India. Office of the Registrar General. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ov4cAQAAMAAJ Census of India, 1961: Gujarat]''. Manager of Publications; 1970.|=quote Since last two to three centuries [[Brahma Kshatri|Brahmakshatriyas]], [[Muslim Khatris]], [[Garala]], [[Bhavsar]] and Vanza communities have been engaged in the dyeing</ref><ref name="Solanki2011">{{cite book|author=Gopika Solanki|title=Adjudication in Religious Family Laws: Cultural Accommodation, Legal Pluralism, and Gender Equality in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tE-_peMsgrQC&pg=PA392|accessdate=1 November 2016|date=25 April 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49927-9|pages=36, 177, 299, 253, 390–400}}</ref><ref name="Sharma2002">Shish Ram Sharma.Raj Publications; 2002. {{ISBN|978-81-86208-23-6}}. p. 234, 407.[http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/gujarat.pdf OBC List Gujarat]</ref> Outside India, the caste has diaspora and caste associations in nations like, [[Kenya]],<ref name="Herzig2006">Pascale Herzig. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QU_yPk0koH8C&pg=PA168 South Asians in Kenya: Gender, Generation and Changing Identities in Diaspora]''. LIT Verlag Münster; 2006. {{ISBN|978-3-8258-0052-9}}. p. 168–.</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=m8kWkwdKUrcC&pg=PA275 Kenya Gazette]''. 13 February 2004. p. 275.</ref><ref name="Salvadori1989">Cynthia Salvadori. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=4xIRAQAAIAAJ Through open doors: a view of Asian cultures in Kenya]''. Kenway Publications; 1989. {{ISBN|978-9966-848-05-5}}. p. 115–115.</ref> [[Uganda]]<ref name="Uganda1973">East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation. Regional Director, Uganda. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=V3svAQAAIAAJ Post Office Directory of Private Box and Private Bag Renters, Uganda]''. East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation; 1973. p. 88.</ref> and [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="WellerCastle1993">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RCPkAAAAMAAJ Religions in the UK: A Multi-faith Directory]''. University of Derby; 1993. {{ISBN|978-0-901437-06-8}}. p. 258.</ref> They worship [[Hinglaj]] as their [[kuldevi]] and many are followers of [[Pushtimarg]] sect of [[Hinduism]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Sai Suthar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Indian castes]]<br />
[[Category:Other Backward Classes]]</div>->Marcocapelle