Sarania Kachari
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The Sarania Kachari is one of a major ethnic community in the state of Assam, Northeast India. People are predominantly inhabitants of Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nalbari, Baksa, Udalguri, Darrang, Barpeta, Dhemaji and Bongaigoan districts of Assam.[1] Sarania Kacharis are the offshoot of different ethnic groups of the tribes of people living in Assam, that is Bodo, Rabha, Garo, Tiwa (Lalung), Karbi (Mikir), Missing (Miri), etc.[2] The group of Kacharis who converted to Vaishnavite faith (ekasaranama-dharma) by taking Saran (refuge) under a Brahmin priest or a Vaishnavite guru came to be referred as the Sarania Kacharis.[3] The notable surnames used by the community are Sarania, Das, Deka, Choudhury, Medhi, Hazarika.[4]
NotesEdit
- ↑ "HOME". udalguri.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ↑ (Haloi 2017:1)The Sarania Kacharis are the offshoot of different ethnic groups of the tribes of people living in Assam, that is Bodo or Boro Kachari, Rabha, Garo, Tiwa(Lalung), Karbi(Mikir), Missing (Miri), etc. The majority have been found to inhabit the districts of Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nalbari, Baksa, Odalguri, Darrang, Barpeta, Dhemaji and Bangaigaon.
- ↑ Haloi (2017), p. 2: In Assam, in the wake of the Vaishnavite movement, some of them converted to Vaishnavite faith. That is, they took initiation or sarana under the Brahmin priest or Vaishnava Guru as the case might be. And so it was that they came to be regarded as the Sarania Kachari.
- ↑ Haloi (2017), p. 2: In the zeal towards their newly accepted faith they preferred to use surnames such as Sarania, Das, Deka, Choudhury, Medhi and Hazarika etc.
ReferencesEdit
- Haloi, Jurimani (2017). A socio cultural study of the sarania kacharis in assam with special reference to literature (PhD). Gauhati University. hdl:10603/223897.
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