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  2. Pujare - Wikipedia

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    Pujare, also known as Pujar, Pujara or Pujari, traditionally belonged to the priestly class of the Maratha community. They are the original inhabitants of Rameshwar in Devgad Taluka of Sindhudurg District in Maharashtra , India .

  3. List of Scheduled Castes in Uttarakhand - Wikipedia

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  4. List of Scheduled Castes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are those considered the most socio-economic disadvantaged in India, and are officially defined in the Constitution of India in order to aid equality initiatives.

  5. Hindu priest - Wikipedia

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    The primary responsibility of members of the priesthood class is to conduct daily prayers at the local temple and officiate Hindu rituals and ceremonies.A pujari assumes that all visitors to their temple wish to bear witness to a darshana, an auspicious vision of the murti, the temple idol, that serves as a representation of a given deity within the sanctum sanctorum.

  6. File:The history of caste in India.pdf - Wikipedia

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  7. Pujari - Wikipedia

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    A pujari performing the puja rituals in Varanasi, India. Pūjari is a designation given to a Hindu temple priest who performs pūja. The word comes from the Sanskrit word "पूजा" meaning worship. They are responsible for performing temple rituals, including pūjā and aarti. Pujari are mainly drawn from the Hindu Brahmin and Billava [1 ...

  8. Mangeshkar family - Wikipedia

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    His father, Ganesh Bhatt Navathe [2] (Abhisheki), was a married Karhade Brahmin who served as pujari at the famous Mangueshi Temple in Goa, and his mother was Ganesh's mistress, Yesubai, belonging to Gomantak Maratha Samaj. [1] Since Deenanath's parents were not married to each other, he did not inherit his father's Brahmin caste and surname. [3]

  9. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    The caste system consists of two different concepts, varna and jati, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system. The caste system as it exists today is thought to be the result of developments during the collapse of the Mughal era and the rise of the British colonial government in India.