Vanza

Vanza also spelt as Wanza sometimes, is a Hindu Khatri artisan community from Gujarat state of India. The main occupation of the community is of weaving, dyeing and also tailoring -Darzi works.[1][2][3] Outside India, the caste has diaspora and caste associations in nations like, Kenya,[4][5][6] Uganda[7] and United Kingdom.[8] They worship Hinglaj as their kuldevi and many are followers of Pushtimarg sect of Hinduism.

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References
  1. India. Office of the Registrar General. Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. Manager of Publications; 1970.|=quote Since last two to three centuries Brahmakshatriyas, Muslim Khatris, Garala, Bhavsar and Vanza communities have been engaged in the dyeing
  2. Gopika Solanki (25 April 2011). Adjudication in Religious Family Laws: Cultural Accommodation, Legal Pluralism, and Gender Equality in India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 36, 177, 299, 253, 390–400. ISBN 978-1-139-49927-9. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. Shish Ram Sharma.Raj Publications; 2002. ISBN 978-81-86208-23-6. p. 234, 407.OBC List Gujarat
  4. Pascale Herzig. South Asians in Kenya: Gender, Generation and Changing Identities in Diaspora. LIT Verlag Münster; 2006. ISBN 978-3-8258-0052-9. p. 168–.
  5. Kenya Gazette. 13 February 2004. p. 275.
  6. Cynthia Salvadori. Through open doors: a view of Asian cultures in Kenya. Kenway Publications; 1989. ISBN 978-9966-848-05-5. p. 115–115.
  7. East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation. Regional Director, Uganda. Post Office Directory of Private Box and Private Bag Renters, Uganda. East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation; 1973. p. 88.
  8. Religions in the UK: A Multi-faith Directory. University of Derby; 1993. ISBN 978-0-901437-06-8. p. 258.
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