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'''Vatalia''' or '''Vataliya Prajapati''' are an [[endogamy|endogamous]]<ref name="Kumar2004"/> [[Hindu]] group and a sub-caste of Prajapati found only in [[Gujarat]].<ref>[http://sje.gujarat.gov.in/ddcw/showpage.aspx?contentid=1736&lang=english List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes declared by Gujarat State]</ref>
'''Vatalia''' or '''Vataliya Prajapati''' are an [[endogamy|endogamous]]<ref name="Kumar2004"/> [[Hindu]] group and a sub-caste of Prajapati or [[Kumbhar]] caste found only in [[Gujarat]] and are among the [[Socially and Educationally Backward Class]]es of Gujarat, India.<ref>[http://sje.gujarat.gov.in/ddcw/showpage.aspx?contentid=1736&lang=english List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes declared by Gujarat State]</ref>


Vatalia or "Polluted" are said to be off-springs of [[Brahmin]] father by a [[Kumbhar]] wife and as such are polluted Brahmins, who are now considered a part of  
Vatalia are said to be off-springs of [[Brahmin]] father by a [[Kumbhar]] wife In the eighth century AD<ref>[https://vataliyaprajapati.com/surnames Vataliya Prajapati Surnames]</ref>,  and as such are polluted Brahmins, who are now considered a part of Prajapati community, as they took up job of potter.<ref name="General1966">{{cite book|author=India. Office of the Registrar General|title=Census of India, 1961: Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQAdAQAAMAAJ|access-date=22 February 2015|year=1966|publisher=Manager of Publications|page=10}}</ref> Their [[kuladevata]] are said to be Lord  [[Hanuman]].<ref name=pg>{{cite book|title=Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnlDAAAAYAAJ|access-date=22 February 2015|year=1995|publisher=Dr. A. M. Ghatage, director, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute|pages=145, 167}}</ref>
Kumbhar community, as they took up job of potter.<ref name="General1966">{{cite book|author=India. Office of the Registrar General|title=Census of India, 1961: Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQAdAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 February 2015|year=1966|publisher=Manager of Publications|page=10}}</ref> Their [[kuladevata]] are said to be Lord  [[Hanuman]].<ref name=pg>{{cite book|title=Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnlDAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=22 February 2015|year=1995|publisher=Dr. A. M. Ghatage, director, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute|pages=145, 167}}</ref>


Vatalia along with other Prajapati sub-divisions like Sorathia, Gujjar, Varia, Parjiya are included in [[backward class]] communities of Gujarat.<ref name="Bose1980">{{cite book|author=Pradip Kumar Bose|title=Traditional craft in a changing society: potters and their craft in Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XzBYAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 February 2015|year=1980|publisher=Centre for Social Studies|pages=23, 116}}</ref>
Vatalia along with other Prajapati sub-divisions like Sorathia, Gujjar, Parjiya are included in [[backward class]] communities of Gujarat.<ref name="Bose1980">{{cite book|author=Pradip Kumar Bose|title=Traditional craft in a changing society: potters and their craft in Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XzBYAAAAMAAJ|access-date=22 February 2015|year=1980|publisher=Centre for Social Studies|pages=23, 116}}</ref>


Among their associations with other Kumbhar castes - they eat together with [[Varia community|Varia]], Gujjar and Koria Kumbhars but do not inter-marry.<ref name="Saraswati1978">{{cite book|author=Baidyanath Saraswati|title=Pottery-making Cultures and Indian Civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqrB_Nzr5QcC&pg=PA69|accessdate=5 March 2015|year=1978|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-091-4|pages=69–}}</ref> However, they would neither eat nor intermarry with [[Maru (surname)|Maru]] and Khambhati Kumbhars of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]].<ref name="Saraswati1978"/>
Among their associations with other Kumbhar castes - they eat together with Gujjar and Koria Kumbhars but do not inter-marry.<ref name="Saraswati1978">{{cite book|author=Baidyanath Saraswati|title=Pottery-making Cultures and Indian Civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqrB_Nzr5QcC&pg=PA69|access-date=5 March 2015|year=1978|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-091-4|pages=69–}}</ref> However, they would neither eat nor intermarry with [[Maru (surname)|Maru]] and Khambhati Kumbhars of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]].<ref name="Saraswati1978"/>


Their population is mostly found in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] in cities of [[Ahmedabad]], [[Surat]], [[Bhavnagar]], [[Vadodara]] and [[Amroli]], [[Savarkundla]], [[Rajula]], [[Talaja, Bhavnagar|Talaja]],  Khambha, Katargaon regions.<ref name="Kumar2004"/><ref name=mj/> Outside Gujarat, there is notable population of community in [[Mumbai]].
Their population is mostly found in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] in cities of [[Ahmedabad]], [[Surat]], [[Bhavnagar]], [[Vadodara]] and [[Amroli]], [[Savarkundla]], [[Rajula]], [[Talaja, Bhavnagar|Talaja]],  [[Khambha]], [[Katargaon]] regions.<ref name="Kumar2004"/><ref name=mj/> Outside Gujarat, there is notable population of community in [[Mumbai]].


In Talaja, they are known as '''Tarahariya''' after the Tarahara village founded by Vatalia community, where the community members from other area still comes to pay homage to their Kulladevata temple of Hanuman.<ref name=pg/>
In Talaja, they are known as '''Tarahariya''' after the [[Tarahara, Gujarat|Tarahara]] village founded by Vatalia community, where the community members from other area still comes to pay homage to their Kulladevata temple of Hanuman.<ref name=pg/>


The community was subject of medical study  with respect to [[G6PD deficiency]] and medical research in 2005, which concluded that Vataliya Prajapatis have high incidence of G6PD deficiency without severe chronic [[hemolytic anemia]]<ref name=mj>{{cite journal| pmid=15738610 | volume=59 | title=G6PD deficiency in Vataliya Prajapati community settled in Surat | year=2005 | journal=Indian J Med Sci | pages=51–6 | author=Gupte SC, Patel PU, Ranat JM | doi=10.4103/0019-5359.13903}}</ref><ref name="Kumar2004">{{cite book|author=Dhavendra Kumar|title=Genetic Disorders of the Indian Subcontinent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bpl0LXKj13QC&pg=PA607|accessdate=4 March 2015|date=20 October 2004|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4020-1215-0|pages=491, 496, 607}}</ref>
The community was subject of medical study  with respect to [[G6PD deficiency]] and medical research in 2005, which concluded that Vataliya Prajapatis have high incidence of G6PD deficiency without severe chronic [[hemolytic anemia]]<ref name=mj>{{cite journal| pmid=15738610 | volume=59 | title=G6PD deficiency in Vataliya Prajapati community settled in Surat | year=2005 | journal=Indian J Med Sci | pages=51–6 | author=Gupte SC, Patel PU, Ranat JM | issue=2 | doi=10.4103/0019-5359.13903}}</ref><ref name="Kumar2004">{{cite book|author=Dhavendra Kumar|title=Genetic Disorders of the Indian Subcontinent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bpl0LXKj13QC&pg=PA607|access-date=4 March 2015|date=20 October 2004|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4020-1215-0|pages=491, 496, 607}}</ref>


The community publishes their own community periodical since 1958, which is circulated amongst the All India Vataliya Prjapati Community Association.<ref>{{cite book|title=Press in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dtAfAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=4 March 2015|year=1958|publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers.|page=171}}</ref>{{Qn|date=June 2015}}
The community publishes their own community periodical since 1958, which is circulated amongst the All India Vataliya Prjapati Community Association.<ref>{{cite book|title=Press in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dtAfAQAAIAAJ|access-date=4 March 2015|year=1958|publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers.|page=171}}</ref>{{Qn|date=June 2015}}


==References==
==References==

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Vatalia or Vataliya Prajapati are an endogamous[1] Hindu group and a sub-caste of Prajapati found only in Gujarat.[2]

Vatalia are said to be off-springs of Brahmin father by a Kumbhar wife In the eighth century AD[3], and as such are polluted Brahmins, who are now considered a part of Prajapati community, as they took up job of potter.[4] Their kuladevata are said to be Lord Hanuman.[5]

Vatalia along with other Prajapati sub-divisions like Sorathia, Gujjar, Parjiya are included in backward class communities of Gujarat.[6]

Among their associations with other Kumbhar castes - they eat together with Gujjar and Koria Kumbhars but do not inter-marry.[7] However, they would neither eat nor intermarry with Maru and Khambhati Kumbhars of Saurashtra.[7]

Their population is mostly found in Saurashtra in cities of Ahmedabad, Surat, Bhavnagar, Vadodara and Amroli, Savarkundla, Rajula, Talaja, Khambha, Katargaon regions.[1][8] Outside Gujarat, there is notable population of community in Mumbai.

In Talaja, they are known as Tarahariya after the Tarahara village founded by Vatalia community, where the community members from other area still comes to pay homage to their Kulladevata temple of Hanuman.[5]

The community was subject of medical study with respect to G6PD deficiency and medical research in 2005, which concluded that Vataliya Prajapatis have high incidence of G6PD deficiency without severe chronic hemolytic anemia[8][1]

The community publishes their own community periodical since 1958, which is circulated amongst the All India Vataliya Prjapati Community Association.[9][need quotation to verify]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dhavendra Kumar (20 October 2004). Genetic Disorders of the Indian Subcontinent. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 491, 496, 607. ISBN 978-1-4020-1215-0. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  2. ↑ List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes declared by Gujarat State
  3. ↑ Vataliya Prajapati Surnames
  4. ↑ India. Office of the Registrar General (1966). Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. Manager of Publications. p. 10. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute. Dr. A. M. Ghatage, director, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute. 1995. pp. 145, 167. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Pradip Kumar Bose (1980). Traditional craft in a changing society: potters and their craft in Gujarat. Centre for Social Studies. pp. 23, 116. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Baidyanath Saraswati (1978). Pottery-making Cultures and Indian Civilization. Abhinav Publications. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-81-7017-091-4. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gupte SC, Patel PU, Ranat JM (2005). "G6PD deficiency in Vataliya Prajapati community settled in Surat". Indian J Med Sci. 59 (2): 51–6. doi:10.4103/0019-5359.13903. PMID 15738610.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Press in India. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. 1958. p. 171. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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