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'''Chaturtha''' is the biggest community (endogamous group) of Digambara Jains.<br />
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Chaturthas are spread all over southern and western [[Maharashtra]] and northern [[Karnataka]], They are kshatriya.<br />
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Chaturths are bilinguals, originally [[Kannada language|Kannada]] speakers, but now speak [[Marathi language|Marathi]] at home.<ref>''Maharashtra Ka Jain Samaj''. By Mahavir Sanglikar</ref><br />
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Maharashtra has the largest population of Jains of any single state in India.<ref>Sangave, Vilas. ''Aspects of Jainism''. Delhi: Bharatiya Jnanapitha, 1997</ref><br />
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Agriculture was traditionally the primary occupation among Chaturthas, but the increase in education has allowed them to branch out into fields such as teaching, medicine, business, industries, government and private services. Some of them have been Kasar.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
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==Religious head==<br />
Bhattarka Jinasena of the Kolhapur Jain Math has traditionally served as the religious authority among the Chaturthas.<ref>Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati Papers, Ed. Appasaheb Ganapatrao<br />
Pawar, Kolhapur (Princely State), <br />
Published 1978<br />
Shahu Research Institute <br />
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==Religious organizations==<br />
The [[Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha]] is a religious and social service organization of the [[Jainism|Jain]]s of South India. The organization is headquartered at [[Sangli]], Maharashtra, India.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kumar Suresh Singh|author2=B. V. Bhanu|title=Maharashtra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmBjoAFMfjoC&pg=PA368+|year=2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-100-6|page=368}}</ref> The association is credited with being one of the first Jain associations to start reform movements among the Jains in modern India.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michael Carrithers|author2=Caroline Humphrey|title=The Assembly of Listeners: Jains in Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LW8czr_HzzwC&pg=PA235|year=1991|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-36505-5|page=235}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Ian S. Markham|author2=Christy Lohr Sapp|title=A World Religions Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JdNNz1jcN9cC&pg=PA72|year=2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-7109-0|page=72}}</ref> The organization mainly seeks to represent the interests of the native Jains of Maharashtra, [[Jainism in Karnataka|Karnataka]] and Goa.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Jainism in Mumbai]]<br />
* [[Jainism in Maharashtra]]<br />
* [[Jainism in North Karnataka]]<br />
* [[Jainism in Karnataka]]<br />
* [[Acharya Shantisagar]]<br />
* [[Acharya Vidyasagar]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Jain communities]]<br />
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