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{{Short description|A group of higher castes in Odisha, India}}
{{Short description|Group of higher castes in Odisha, India}}
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'''Panikhia Jati''' ({{langx|or|ପାଣିଖିଆ ଜାତି}}) also known as '''Panichhuan Jati ''' (Clean castes) of [[Odisha]]. Which is a group of dominant{{How|date=September 2025}} and high rank castes. Which water and foods are acceptable for deities and also for [[Brahmin]]s, includes: [[Karan (caste)|Karan]],
 
[[Khandayat (caste)|Khandayat]], [[Gopal (caste)|Gopal]], [[Chasa caste|Chasa]],[[Gudia (caste)|Gudia]] caste.<ref name="Singh1992">{{cite book|author=K. S. Singh|title=People of India: Odisha (2 pts.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LP_XIoebIE8C&q=panikhia+jatis|year=1992|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-7046-293-4}}</ref> There is a good social relation and communication among the castes. They are very strict for their social status or prestige; they do not take water and food from lower communities. But occasionally they allow [[Barika (caste)|Barika]] and [[Mali (caste)|Mali]] people to participate in their festivals and other rituals.<ref name="Das2012">{{cite book|author=Nava Kishor Das|title=Odisha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sz7m_yM-hJsC&q=panikhia+jatis|year=2012|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India by Seagull Books|isbn=978-81-7046-293-4}}</ref><ref name="Mohanty2003">{{cite book|author=Ramesh P. Mohanty|title=Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMCEOmVXhLkC&pg=PA35|year=2003|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-696-7|pages=35–}}</ref>
'''Panikhia Jati''' ({{lang-or|ପାଣିଖିଆ ଜାତି}}) also known as '''Panichhuan Jati ''' (Clean castes) of [[Odisha]]. Which is a group of dominant and high rank castes. Which water and foods are acceptable for deities and also for [[Brahmin]]s, includes: [[Karan (caste)|Karan]],
[[Khandayat (caste)|Khandayat]], [[Gopal (caste)|Gopal]], [[Chasa caste|Chasa]] and [[Gudia (caste)|Gudia]] caste.<ref name="Singh1992">{{cite book|author=K. S. Singh|title=People of India: Odisha (2 pts.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LP_XIoebIE8C&q=panikhia+jatis|year=1992|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-7046-293-4}}</ref> There is good social relation and communication among them. They are very strict for their social status or prestige, they do not take water and foods from lower communities. But occasionally they are allowing [[Barika (caste)|Barika]] and [[Mali (caste)|Mali]] peoples to participate in their festivals and other ritual works.<ref name="Das2012">{{cite book|author=Nava Kishor Das|title=Odisha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sz7m_yM-hJsC&q=panikhia+jatis|year=2012|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India by Seagull Books|isbn=978-81-7046-293-4}}</ref><ref name="Mohanty2003">{{cite book|author=Ramesh P. Mohanty|title=Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMCEOmVXhLkC&pg=PA35|year=2003|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-696-7|pages=35–}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Panikhia Jati (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) also known as Panichhuan Jati (Clean castes) of Odisha. Which is a group of dominant[how?] and high rank castes. Which water and foods are acceptable for deities and also for Brahmins, includes: Karan, Khandayat, Gopal, Chasa,Gudia caste.[1] There is a good social relation and communication among the castes. They are very strict for their social status or prestige; they do not take water and food from lower communities. But occasionally they allow Barika and Mali people to participate in their festivals and other rituals.[2][3]

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  1. K. S. Singh (1992). People of India: Odisha (2 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-81-7046-293-4.
  2. Nava Kishor Das (2012). Odisha. Anthropological Survey of India by Seagull Books. ISBN 978-81-7046-293-4.
  3. Ramesh P. Mohanty (2003). Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-81-7141-696-7.