Nayak (caste): Difference between revisions

The '''Nayak''' are a [[Hindu]] [[Caste system in India|caste]]; also some '''Nayak''' are [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] found in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. Mainly '''Nayak''' follows [[Hindu]].<ref name="KH7">{{cite book |title=Stages of Life: Indian Theatre Autobiographies |edition=illustrated, reprint |orig-year=First published 2011 |year=2013 |pages=102–169 |publisher=Anthem Press |chapter=Radheshyam Kathavachak, My Theatre Days |first=Kathryn |last=Hansen |isbn=978-1783080687 |oclc=855190685 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7JEAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Nayak+caste%22}}</ref> According to Vinay Krishin Gidwani, the Nayaks claim that they were, historically, [[Brahmins]].<ref name="Gidwani">{{cite thesis |type=Ph.D. |title=Fluid Dynamics: An Essay on Canal Irrigation and the Processses of Agrarian Change in Matar Taluka (Gujarat). India |first=Vinay Krishin |last=Gidwani |year=1996 |page=xii |publisher=[[University of California, Berkeley]] |oclc=41175219 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7B5NAQAAMAAJ&q=%22nayak+a+Scheduled+Caste%2C+especially+patronized+by+patels%2C+claim+to+have+been+brahmins+historically%22 |quote=nayak a Scheduled Caste, especially patronized by patels, claim to have been brahmins historically}}</ref>

The Nayaks reside in [[Haryana]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Lok Sabha Debates |work=[[Lok Sabha]] |year=2002 |page=545 |publisher=[[Lok Sabha Secretariat]] |place=New Delhi, India |issn=0445-6769 |oclc=8866894 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1edgDv56lr0C&q=%22Nayak+Caste%22 |quote=...the Government of Haryana has also demanded that Nayak Caste be included in the list of Scheduled Castes.}}</ref> [[Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Desert People: Caste and Community — A Rajasthani Village |first=Rolf |last=Lunheim |year=1993 |pages=92–93 |publisher=[[University of Trondheim]] |isbn=978-8290896121 |oclc=33369188 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UuRtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Nayak+caste%22}}</ref> They also live in [[Khammam district]] and [[West Godavari district]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=Polls bring dispute over Nayaka caste status in West Godavari |first=G. |last=Nagaraja |place=Visakhapatnam, India |publication-date=15 July 2013 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/polls-bring-dispute-over-nayaka-caste-status-in-west-godavari/article4917134.ece |accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref> and in a number of villages near [[Ahmedabad]] in [[Gujarat]].<ref name="KH7" /> According to Kathryn Hansen, the main occupation of Gujarati Nayaks had been "singing, dancing and acting in plays".<ref name="KH7" />

The Nayak caste is classified as a [[Scheduled Caste]] in Gujarat and Rajasthan states of India.<ref name="Gidwani" /><ref name="Lipner">{{cite book |last=Lipner |first=Julius |author-link=Julius J. Lipner |title=Hindus: Their religious beliefs and practices |year=2010 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-45676-0 |page=173 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qv3fCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA173 |quote=The Nāyak caste of the ''bhopo'' is among the lowest in the hierarchy of Rajasthan, and is listed officially as a scheduled caste (viz. Untouchable).}}</ref>

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