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The Sunars are divided into a large number of territorial and non-territorial groupings called alla or Gotra with their clan systems of region and based on origin theory. The Sunars are divided into a large number of territorial and non-territorial groupings called alla or Gotra with their clan systems of region and based on origin theory.Major clan in swarnkar caste are Kshatriya,Mair,Mohor,Ayodhyawasi,
Major clan in swarnkar caste are
Kshatriya,Mair,Mohor,Ayodhyawasi,
Rastogi,ShriMali,Deshwaliye,Kannojia,Marathi and Bengali Sunars etc. are major there who followed their own beliefs,custom and Gotra/Alla system. Rastogi,ShriMali,Deshwaliye,Kannojia,Marathi and Bengali Sunars etc. are major there who followed their own beliefs,custom and Gotra/Alla system.


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Sunar goldsmiths in Cuttack in 1873

Sunar (alternately, Sonar or Swarnkar) is a Hindu caste in India referring to the community of people who work as goldsmiths. The community is primarily Hindu, and found usually in Northern India.

Etymology

The term Sunar may derive from the Sanskrit suvarna kār, "worker in gold".

The Sunar are still involved in their traditional occupation, that is being goldsmiths. There is however a steady process in taking up other occupations, and the community in Haryana and Punjab as whole is fairly successful, having produced several professionals.

Factions

The Sunars are divided into a large number of territorial and non-territorial groupings called alla or Gotra with their clan systems of region and based on origin theory.Major clan in swarnkar caste are Kshatriya,Mair,Mohor,Ayodhyawasi, Rastogi,ShriMali,Deshwaliye,Kannojia,Marathi and Bengali Sunars etc. are major there who followed their own beliefs,custom and Gotra/Alla system.

Some of the major alla are the Santanpuriya, Dekhalantiya, Mundaha, Bhigahiya, Samuhiya, Chilliya, Katiliya Kalidarwa, Naubastwal, Berehele, Gedehiya, Shahpuriya, Mathureke Paliya and Nimkheriya. Each lineage is associated with a particular area. To which its ancestors belonged to.The Sunar use Soni, Seth, Swarnkar, Shah, Bhutani, Sonik, Verma etc. as their surnames. In Gujarat and Rajasthan, the community is also known as Soni. In Harayana, the Sunars are often known as Swarnakar, Soni, Suri and Verma, are their common surname.

See also

References

  1. People of India: Uttar Pradesh (Volume XLII) edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1500 to 150
  2. R.V. Russell (October 1995). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India. Vol. IV. Published Under the Orders of the Central Provinces Administration, Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London. 1916. p. 517. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. People of India: Haryana (Volume XXIII) edited by M.L Sharma and A.K Bhatia pages 475 to 479 Manohar Books
  4. People of India: Uttar Pradesh (Volume XLII) edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1500
  5. People of India: Haryana (Volume XXIII) edited by M.L Sharma and A.K Bhatia page 475 Manohar Books

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