Saturday, 14 January 2017

∗∗ Dhor Kakkayya ∗∗



The Dhor, also known as Kakkayya and Kankayya, is a Scheduled Castein India. Being traditionally a community associated with tanning leather, they are considered to be outside the Hindu ritual ranking system of castesknown as varna.


They are found mainly in the states of MaharashtraAndhra Pradesh,GujaratKarnatakaTamil Nadu and Rajasthan.



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