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The details about the satwara community are partially incorrect,
1) They are pure vegetarian.
2) They don't marry maternal uncle's daughter, she is considered cousin sister.
3) They don't follow vaishnava sampraday but follow shaivism promoted by adi shankaracharya where main deity is God shiv or mahadev & others are Ram-sita,radha-krishna,ma jagdamba, Ganesh Hanuman.
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accept activities agricultural Ahmedabad allowed arranged birth Bombay boys Brahman bride brother called cash caste cent ceremony child clan clothes collect cooking council dead death deity delivery distributed district divorce drinks economic elder eldest engaged exists facilities father feast female festivals fire five followed four girls given groom groups Gujarat head Hindu Holi household husband's India inheritance jamat known labourers major male marriage married milk month mother Muslim observed occasions occupation panch panchayat parents participate party Patel Patrilocal residence performed persons pollution pregnancy prepared present priest Publications pulses Rajput REFERENCE region relations relationship relatives religious residence rice rituals rule sacred settled share sister social speak status taken takes place temple traditional Tribes twenty vegetables village widow wife woman women worship
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Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays J. J. Roy Burman Limited preview - 2005 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Gujarat, Part 3 Gujarat, Anthropological Survey of India People of India, Kumar Suresh Singh Volume 22 of State series |
| Contributors | Kumar Suresh Singh, Rajendra Behari Lal, Anthropological Survey of India |
| Publisher | Popular Prakashan, 2003 |
| ISBN | 8179911063, 9788179911068 |
| Length | 1597 pages |
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