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'''Gurjar Kshatriya Kadia''', also known as '''Gurjar Kadia'''<ref name=ms>{{Cite web |url=http://www.firstfoundation.in/Soc/List_OBC.htm |title=List of Other Backward Class Castes (OBCs) - Maharashtra |access-date=2015-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425221618/http://www.firstfoundation.in/Soc/List_OBC.htm |archive-date=2015-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>/ '''Gujjar Kadia''',<ref name=gjs>[http://sje.gujarat.gov.in/ddcw/showpage.aspx?contentid=1736&lang=english List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes declared by Gujarat State]</ref> and '''Kadia Kshatriya''' are a [[Hindu]] [[Stonecutter|stone-cutter]] community mostly in [[Gujarat]] and [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=ms/><ref name=gjs/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzbkTbqgGEoC&pg=PA316 Kadia, Gurjar Ksahtriya Kadia, Gurjar Kadia] Encyclopaedia of Backward Castes By Neelam Yadav Page 264, 316</ref> <ref>{{Cite book|last=Saraswati|first=Baidyanath|title=Pottery-making Cultures and Indian Civilization|publisher=Abhinav Publications|pages=56}}</ref>They are artisan community, occupation is masonry work and are related to larger artisan group of [[Kadia (term)|Kadia]]s.

==Distribution==

They are found in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region of Gujarat specifically in the districts of [[Junagadh]], [[Vadodara]], [[Surat]], [[Amreli]] and [[Jamnagar]]. They are said to have founded thirty six villages in the [[Halar|Halar Region]] of Jamnagar district.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}

Outside, Gujarat, community members live mainly in [[Maharashtra]]<ref name=ms/> in cities of [[Mumbai]], [[Pune]], [[Nagpur]].<ref name=md>{{cite news|title=કડિયા પ્રીમિયર લીગનું ચૅમ્પિયનપદ પુણેની બૅચલર બૉય્સ ટીમે જીતી લીધું|url=http://www.gujaratimidday.com/sports/cricket/kadiay-premiat-league|access-date=20 March 2015|agency=Midday.com|publisher=Jagran|date=23 April 2012}}</ref> The community members also live in [[Dhanbad]], [[Jharia]] and [[Kolkata]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}

Further, the migrant population is found in East Africa<ref>{{cite book|title=Kenya Gazette 3 May 1966|year=1966|page=461|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TxnrUs4jICQC&q=gurjjar+kshatriya&pg=PA461}}</ref>

==Religion and customs==
The community follows Hindu rituals and Hindu gods and goddess. They worship [[Lord Swaminarayan]], [[Lord Krishna]], [[Lord Rama]], [[Vishwakarma]], the Hindu presiding deity of all craftsmen and architects<ref>{{cite news|title=ગોંડલમાં વિશ્વકમૉ જયંતી નિમિત્તે શોભાયાત્રા Procession being taken out on Vishwakarma Jayanti|url=http://bollywood.divyabhaskar.co.in/article/SAU-1203215-1852377.html|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=Divya Bhaskar|date=15 February 2011}}</ref> and their [[Kuladevata]] and [[Shurapura]]s. The community members attend the [[Shivaratri]] festival held at [[Junagadh]] - [[Girnar]] in large numbers, where the community also owns a large [[Dharamshalas|dharamshala]].<ref>{{cite news|title=જૂનાગઢની આર્થિક કરોડરજજુ શિવરાત્રિનો મેળો : પાંચ દિવસમાં રૂ.રપ કરોડનો લાભ Junagadh's economic backbone - Girnar Shivaratri fair - generates income of 25 crores in five days|url=http://www.sandesh.com/article.aspx?newsid=35807|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223013409/http://www.sandesh.com/article.aspx?newsid=35807|archive-date=2007-12-23|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=Sandesh|date=18 February 2012}}</ref>

The Hindu rites of marriage are followed and they are an [[Endogamy|endogamous]] community who practice the principle of clan [[exogamy]].{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} Mass community marriages are held during [[Vasant Panchami]] since more than last two decades beginning in year 1986.<ref>{{cite news|title=ગુર્જર ક્ષત્રિય સમાજનો સમૂહલગ્નોત્સવ યોજાશે 25th Mass marriage function to be held by Gurjar Kshatriya community|url=http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/article/DGUJ-1775096-2788928.html|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=Divya Bhaskar|date=25 January 2011}}</ref>

==Recent news==
The community was in news when in 2008, the two boys of their community studying in [[Ashram]] run by [[Asaram Bapu]] at [[Ahmedabad]] were found dead in mysterious circumstances alleged to be victim of some [[Tantra|tantric]] practices, which created a huge uproar not only in Gujarat but whole of India and they demanded [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] probe in death of the boys of their community.<ref name="s">{{cite web | url=http://article.wn.com/view/WNAT49af742457254a0d88f1263b79dd7964/ | title=ગુર્જર ક્ષત્રિય કડિયા સમાજ આસારામ બાપુનો વિરોધ કરશે | publisher=wn.com | date=2009-09-08 | access-date=7 March 2015 | author=Divya Bhaskar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gurjjar Kshatriya Samaj demands CBI probe into Asaram Ashram whodunit|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/gurjjar-kshatriya-samaj-demands-cbi-probe-into-asaram-ashram-whodunit/337194/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122160203/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/gurjjar-kshatriya-samaj-demands-cbi-probe-into-asaram-ashram-whodunit/337194/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2013|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=Express India|date=18 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ગુર્જર ક્ષત્રિય કડિયા સમાજમાં આક્રોશ Gurjar Kshatriya Kadia community shows their anguish|url=http://article.wn.com/view/WNAT98de93ce2076688e9e52062dd0e0116b/|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=Sandesh|date=15 July 2008}}</ref>

In 2013, the community meeting took place at [[Chikhli, Gujarat|Chikhli]]<ref>{{cite news|title=ગુર્જર ક્ષત્રિય કડિયા સમાજ દ્વારા પ્રતિભા સન્માન સમારોહ યોજાયો|url=http://www.sandesh.com/printarticle.aspx?newsid=111370&lang=Read%20in%20English|access-date=27 February 2015|publisher=Sandesh|date=2 January 2013}}</ref> and in 2014, the whole community voted to elect new leader at a gathering at [[Fatsar]] near [[Una, Gujarat|Una]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ગુર્જર ક્ષત્રિય કડિયા સમાજ સમસ્‍ત હાલાર વિભાગ મોટીનાતના પ્રમુખપદે નરેન્‍દ્રભાઇ સોલંકી|url=http://www.akilanews.com/05032014/rajkot-news/1394001205-22380|access-date=27 February 2015|agency=Akila news.com|date=5 March 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kadia Kumbhar]]
* [[Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Hindu communities]]

Gurjar Kshatriya Kadia - Revision history

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