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Vaddera (alternatively Vadde, Waddera, Vadar) is a caste in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and some other states^{[citation needed]} in India.

The Vaddera have been kings until 15th century later some of them been seen as stone cutters, but many have had to change to agriculturing. The effects of mechanisation, usually financed and run by higher caste groups, has caused this change and government recognition of the issues has led to them being designated as an Other Backward Class.^[1]

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↑ Berger, Peter; Heidemann, Frank, eds. (2013). The Modern Anthropology of India: Ethnography, Themes and Theory. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 9781134061112.

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[1] Berger, Peter; Heidemann, Frank, eds. (2013). The Modern Anthropology of India: Ethnography, Themes and Theory. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 9781134061112.

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+'''Vaddera''' (alternatively Vadde, Waddera, Vadar) is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Maharashtra]] and some other states{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}} in India.
-'''Vaddera''' (alternatively Vadde, Waddera, Vadar) is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Maharashtra]] and some other states in India.
-The Vaddera have traditionally been stone cutters but many have had to change to agricultural labouring. The effects of mechanisation, usually financed and run by higher caste groups, has caused this change and government recognition of the issues has led to them being designated as an [[Other Backward Class]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Modern Anthropology of India: Ethnography, Themes and Theory |editor1-first=Peter |editor1-last=Berger |editor2-first=Frank |editor2-last=Heidemann |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=9781134061112 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBgLb8XIGR8C&pg=PA19}}</ref>
+The Vaddera have been kings until 15th century later some of them been  seen as stone cutters, but many have had to change to agriculturing. The effects of mechanisation, usually financed and run by higher caste groups, has caused this change and government recognition of the issues has led to them being designated as an [[Other Backward Class]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Modern Anthropology of India: Ethnography, Themes and Theory |editor1-first=Peter |editor1-last=Berger |editor2-first=Frank |editor2-last=Heidemann |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=9781134061112 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBgLb8XIGR8C&amp;pg=PA19}}</ref>
-Some Vaddera families in [[Chilakaluripet]], Andhra Pradesh,  have been noted as forming a network to groom children for sexual exploitation.<ref>{{cite book |title=Trafficking In Women And Children In India |first1=P. M. |last1=Nair |first2=Sankar |last2=Sen |others=Institute of Social Sciences (New Delhi, India); National Human Rights Commission; UNIFEM South Asia Regional Office |publisher=Orient Blackswan |location=New Delhi |year=2005 |isbn=9788125028451 |page=351 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xFnEyqFupUC&pg=PA351}}</ref>
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