Natrayat Rajputs
The Natrayat Rajput is a Hindu caste directly descended from the Rajputs who took up the practice of widow remarriage and eventually developed into a separate caste.[1][2] They are mainly found in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat in India.[3][4]
History and origin
[edit]The community derives its name from the word nata, which means widow remarriage in Hindi. This practice, initially adopted by a group of Chauhan Rajputs changing their surnames from Chouhan To Chadana in Marwar, Rajasthan, and this led to their separation from the wider Rajput community, which disallows widow remarriage.[5] The community also include a small number Panwar, Parihar and Rathore. The Natrayat are distributed in the transitional zone between Mewar and Marwar, occupying several villages in this hilly region.[6][7][8]
Present circumstances
[edit]The community is endogamous, and divided into exogamous gotras such as Chadana, Unthed, Solanki, Rathore, Sisodiya, Parmar (Pawar), Mundawat, Tomar (Tanwar), etc. They are mainly a community of small peasants farmers.[9][10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ K. S. Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta. Rajasthan.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Sukhvir Singh Gahlot, Banshi Dhar. Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan.
- ^ K. S. Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta. Rajasthan.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ramya Sreenivasan. The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen-Heroic Pasts in India, C. 1500-1900.
- ^ Sukhvir Singh Gahlot, Banshi Dhar. Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan.
- ^ Debnath, Debashis (June 1995). "Hierarchies Within Hierarchy: Some Observations on Caste System in Rajasthan". Indian Anthropologist. 25 (1): 23–30. JSTOR 41919761.
- ^ K. S. Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta. Rajasthan.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ramya Sreenivasan. The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen-Heroic Pasts in India, C. 1500-1900.
- ^ K. S. Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta. Rajasthan.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ramya Sreenivasan. The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen-Heroic Pasts in India, C. 1500-1900.
- ^ Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles.