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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 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 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 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> | 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> | ||
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> | 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> | ||