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{{short description|Hindu Religious caste}} | {{short description|Hindu Religious caste}} | ||
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'''Ganiga''' is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in the state of [[Karnataka]], India. They were originally oil pressers and also oil-mongers in the [[Mysore]] region of Karnataka.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/when-a-welloiled-system-came-to-a-halt/article4216993.ece | title=When a well-oiled system came to a halt | work=The Hindu | date=19 December 2012 |access-date=2016-06-20 |last=Bageshree |first=S.}}</ref> They are classified as [[Other Backward Class|OBC]] in India's [[Reservation in India|system of positive discrimination]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLsThxqt53NPf0ggPwu7BzPqgy3u3lupJmQLsT8%2fMjBlhiG%2fb0Het9uX |title=Central List of OBCs - State: Karnataka |publisher=National|access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref> | '''Ganiga''' is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in the state of [[Karnataka]], India. They were originally oil pressers and also oil-mongers in the [[Mysore]] region of Karnataka.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/when-a-welloiled-system-came-to-a-halt/article4216993.ece |url-access=subscription | title=When a well-oiled system came to a halt | work=The Hindu | date=19 December 2012 |access-date=2016-06-20 |last=Bageshree |first=S.}}</ref> They add the title '''Shetty''' to their name.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQ8IAQAAIAAJ&q=Shetti&pg=PA195 |title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.) |date=1883 |publisher=Government Central Press |language=en}}</ref> | ||
Ganiga men used to wear sacred thread.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQ8IAQAAIAAJ&q=G%C3%A1nigs&pg=PA195 |title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.) |date=1883 |publisher=Government Central Press |language=en}}</ref> They hold themselves to be high class [[Vaishya]]s and did not eat food cooked by anyone other than [[Havyaka Brahmins]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQ8IAQAAIAAJ&q=G%C3%A1nigs&pg=PA195 |title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.) |date=1883 |publisher=Government Central Press |language=en}}</ref> They employed [[Havyaka Brahmins]] to perform their chief ceremonies and their religious teacher is the chief of [[Kundapura Vyasaraja Mutt|Vaishnava monastery]] at [[Abbur-Channapatna -Head quarters]] and they belong to Kundapura Vyasaraja Peetham.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQ8IAQAAIAAJ&q=G%C3%A1nigs&pg=PA195 |title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.) |date=1883 |publisher=Government Central Press |language=en}}</ref> They are classified as [[Other Backward Class|OBC]] in India's [[Reservation in India|system of positive discrimination]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLsThxqt53NPf0ggPwu7BzPqgy3u3lupJmQLsT8%2fMjBlhiG%2fb0Het9uX |date=9 Jan 2015 |title=Central List of OBCs - State: Karnataka |publisher=National Commission for Backward Classes |access-date=2018-01-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112082853/http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLsThxqt53NPf0ggPwu7BzPqgy3u3lupJmQLsT8%2fMjBlhiG%2fb0Het9uX |archive-date= Jan 12, 2018 }}</ref> | |||
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[[Category:Social groups of Karnataka]] | [[Category:Social groups of Karnataka]] | ||
[[Category:Oil pressing castes]] | [[Category:Oil pressing castes]] | ||
[[Category:Other Backward Classes]] | [[Category:Other Backward Classes of Karnataka]] | ||
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Ganiga is a caste found in the state of Karnataka, India. They were originally oil pressers and also oil-mongers in the Mysore region of Karnataka.[1] They add the title Shetty to their name.[2]
Ganiga men used to wear sacred thread.[3] They hold themselves to be high class Vaishyas and did not eat food cooked by anyone other than Havyaka Brahmins.[4] They employed Havyaka Brahmins to perform their chief ceremonies and their religious teacher is the chief of Vaishnava monastery at Abbur-Channapatna -Head quarters and they belong to Kundapura Vyasaraja Peetham.[5] They are classified as OBC in India's system of positive discrimination.[6]
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- ↑ Bageshree, S. (19 December 2012). "When a well-oiled system came to a halt". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.
- ↑ "Central List of OBCs - State: Karnataka". National Commission for Backward Classes. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.