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Bania (also
spelled Baniya, Banija, Banya,
Vaniya, Vani, Vania, and Vanya) is a
mercantile caste primarily from the
Indian states of
Rajasthan and Gujarat...
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Chakkala Nair, also
known as
Vattakkat Nair, and
Vaniya Nair is one of the
intermediate subcastes of the Nair community. They are
distributed throughout...
- Vaniyar, also
known as
Vaniya Chettiar and
Vaniya Nair, are
ethnic groups residing in the
Indian states of
Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Vaniya Nairs are matrilineal...
- The Dharmāraṇya Purāṇa is the
caste purāṇa of the Moḍh Brāhmaṇs and Moḍh
Vāṇiyās, and was
composed by the former. The purāṇa
states that the Moḍh Brāhmaṇs...
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Muchilot Bhagavathi is the
deity of the
vaniyas social class of
North Malabar, in
Southwest India.
There are 108
Muchilot temples spread across Northern...
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Solanki Thakor Vala
Wagher Mercantile communities Bhatia Bh****hali
Lohana Vaniya (Agarwal, Oswal, Modh)
Agricultural communities Aboti Brahmin Anavil Anjana...
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intermarry with
other castes like Nambiar,
Payyanur Poduval, Nair, and
Vaniya-Vattakad Nairs. Today, two sub-castes
among the Nairs,
namely Pallichan...
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Hirachand Gordhanbhai Ambani, a
village school teacher belonging to the Modh
vaniya (Baniya)
community and
Jamnaben Ambani and was born in Chorwad,
Malia Taluka...
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intermediate and middle-caste
Nairs like
Padamangalam Nair,
Pallichan Nair,
Vaniya Nair, etc.
Varma - The
surname of the
royal nairs,
notably kings, varies...
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Calico printing business. In Gujarat,
Bhavsar are also
known as
Baniya (
Vaniya) as the
Bhavsar community has a long
history of
trading in textile, agriculture...
