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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Chunara''' are an [[ethnic group]] found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. A small number are also found in the port city of [[Karachi]] in [[Pakistan]]. There are now two communities of Chunara, one [[Hindu]] and the other [[Muslim]].<ref name="people_of_india">People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part One edited by R.B. Lal, P.B.S.V. Padmanabham, G. Krishnan and M. Azeez Mohideen pages 298-299</ref><br />
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==Origin==<br />
The word chunara in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] literally means someone who manufactures chuna (lime). According to their traditions, they were originally [[Rajput]]s who migrated from [[Rajasthan]] to [[Gujarat]] and joined the army of [[Gaekwar]]s of Baroda. After having a fall out with their employer, the [[Maratha]] ruler of [[Baroda]], they took to manufacturing lime. A section of the Chunara then converted to [[Islam]], and there are now distinct communities, one [[Hindu]] and the other [[Muslim]].<ref name="people_of_india"/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=d8yFaNRcYcsC&dq=CHUNARA&pg=PA298 Chunara Community] Gujarat, Part 1 By Kumar Suresh Singh, Rajendra Behari Lal, Anthropological Survey of India.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jw9uAAAAMAAJ&q=CHUNARA Chunara] India's communities, Volume 1 by Kumar Suresh Singh, Anthropological Survey of India.</ref> The Kadias and Bricklayers are also called Chunaras or lime-men whose main profession is brick laying, though a few among them work as masons.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}(BY DEPARTMENT OF CENSUS, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)<br />
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==Present circumstances==<br />
Some members communities still own lime kilns employing other Chunaras. Other than selling lime, some Chunara are now also petty businessmen. The Chunara are endogamous, with the [[Hindu]] section practising clan exogamy. The [[Muslim]] Chunara practise clan endogamy e.g. cross cousin and parallel cousin marriages. For the [[Hindu]] community, the goddess Hinglaj Mata is a tribal deity. The [[Muslim]]s belong to the [[Sunni]] sect.<ref name="people_of_india"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Vanzha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian words and phrases]]</div>Ajay Kumar