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{{Infobox caste
|caste_name=Bhavsar
|classification=
|subdivisions=
|populated_states=[[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Karnataka]] , [[Telangana]]
|languages= [[Gujarati Language|Gujarati]], [[Marathi Language|Marathi]], [[Hindi Language|Hindi]]
|religions= [[Hindu]], [[Jain]]
}}

The '''Bhavsar''' is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in the [[Indian people|Indian]] [[States and union territories of India|states]] of [[Gujarat]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Karnataka]] , [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Rajasthan]]. Their traditional occupation is mainly in business involved in [[cloth merchant]],[[textile]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Structure of Indian Society: Then and Now |first=A. M. |last=Shah |publisher=Routledge |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-13619-771-0 |page=175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HtrfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA175}}</ref> Early 1850s Bhavsars earn their riches through clothing business, farmlands, havelis, horses but most Bhavsars are now pursuing modern day occupations, including private sector or public sector jobs. After Independence of India Bhavsars did not get much generous govt grants or opportunities. Bhavsars are being considered in general (open) category. With no alternate (including Govt grants and benefit after independence) youth going towards higher education including engineering, medical, business degree and others.<ref name="Singh Lal Anthropological Survey of India 2003 p. ">{{cite book | last=Singh | first=K.S. | last2=Lal | first2=R.B. | author3=Anthropological Survey of India | title=Gujarat | publisher=Anthropological Survey of India | series=Gujarat | issue=pt. 1 | year=2003 | isbn=978-81-7991-104-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC | language=es | access-date=9 October 2022 | page=}}</ref><ref name="Gafoor 1955 p. ">{{cite book | last=Gafoor | first=K.A. | title=Social Services in Hyderabad | publisher=Citizen Press | series=Publication | year=1955 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i55CAQAAIAAJ | access-date=9 October 2022 | page=}}</ref><ref name="Census of India, 1901 1902 p. ">{{cite book | title=Census of India, 1901 | issue=v. 18, pt. 1 | year=1902 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjJRAAAAYAAJ | access-date=9 October 2022 | page=}}</ref>

==History==
According to legend, the Bhavsar originated in the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region, which is now in the state of Gujarat.<ref name="Singh 2003 206">{{cite book
| last = Singh
| first = Kumar Suresh, Anthropological Survey of India
| title = People of India: Gujarat
| year = 2003
| publisher = Popular Prakashan
| isbn = 81-7991-104-7
| pages = 206
}}</ref><ref name="Singh 1998 146">{{cite book
| last = Singh
| first = Kumar Suresh, Anthropological Survey of India
| title = People of India: Rajasthan
| year = 1998
| publisher = Popular Prakashan
| isbn = 81-7154-766-4
| pages = 146
}}</ref>

The Bhavsar community has negotiated with the [[Government of Pakistan|Pakistani government]] to assure passage for regular pilgrimages to [[Hinglaj]].<ref name="Singh 1998 148">{{cite book
| last = Singh
| first = Kumar Suresh, Anthropological Survey of India
| title = People of India: Rajasthan
| year = 1998
| publisher = Popular Prakashan
| isbn = 81-7154-766-4
| pages = 148
}}</ref> [[Hinglaj Mata mandir|Hinglaj Mata]] is their Community deity.<ref name="Singh Lavania Anthropological Survey of India 1998 p. ">{{cite book | last=Singh | first=K.S. | last2=Lavania | first2=B.K. | author3=Anthropological Survey of India | title=Rajasthan | publisher=Popular Prakashan | series=People of India | issue=pt. 1 | year=1998 | isbn=978-81-7154-766-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKsqzB4P1ioC | access-date=9 October 2022 | page=148}}</ref>

==Language==
The Bhavsar community in Gujarat speak [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<ref name="Singh 2003 206"/> and in those Rajasthan speaks a [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] dialect,<ref name="Singh 1998 146"/> and the rest speak [[Marathi language|Marathi]], apart from the local language but the Gujarati speaking and Marathi speaking Bhavsars were traditionally [[endogamy|endogamous]].<ref name="Singh Lal Anthropological Survey of India 2003 p. 206">{{cite book | last=Singh | first=K.S. | last2=Lal | first2=R.B. | author3=Anthropological Survey of India | title=Gujarat | publisher=Anthropological Survey of India | series=Gujarat | issue=pt. 1 | year=2003 | isbn=978-81-7991-104-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC | language=es | access-date=9 October 2022 | page=206}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Pujya Mota]]
*[[Cloth merchant]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* http://www.bhavsarsamaj.com/index.php

==Further reading==
*''Advanced communities among the Kshatriyas of Malwa and Western India'' – Shankar Patwardhan, Arvind Vyas Paper no. AS056/2007 submitted to Anthropological Survey of India

[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Social groups of Rajasthan]]

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Ajay Kumar at 14:33, 23 July 2023