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The '''Jain Bunt''' are a [[Jain]] community from [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. They are traditionally defined as a subdivision of the Jain community.<ref name="singh">{{cite book|last=Kumar Suresh Singh, Anthropological Survey of India|title=People of India: Maharashtra, Volume 1|year=2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-100-6|pages=387–391(Emigrant Bunts by P. Dhar)}}</ref> It is believed that the Jain Bunts also have the highest [[per capita income]] in [[India]].<ref name="jain">{{cite web|title=Census 2001 data on religion released |url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=3724|publisher=.Press Information Bureau - Indian Government|access-date=15 October 2010}}</ref>{{better reference needed|date=May 2021}}{{citation required|date=May 2021}}They have a feudal and martial heritage, and many erstwhile royalty of the [[Tulu Nadu]] region were Jain Bunts.<ref name="basadi">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/04/24/stories/2005042400340800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426232914/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/04/24/stories/2005042400340800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2005|title= Moodbidri — woods of yore|access-date=2008-01-25|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 April 2005}}</ref> They are classified as [[Other Backward Class]] (OBC) by the Government of Karnataka.<ref name="Category III(B)">{{Cite web|url=https://bcw.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/caste%20list.new.pdf|title=Backward Classes, Karnataka|page=2,15}}:p2.”Candidates belonging to Category-ll(A),. 1(B), III(A), and III(B) shall be entitled to reservation in the manner specified in the new Comprehensive Creamy Layer policy”;p15. Jain Bunt is listed under III(B)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://karepass.cgg.gov.in/CasteReport.do?actionParameter=CasteWise&castecat_code=5|title=Caste Report|year=2021|website= Karnataka ePASS(Electronic Payment and Application System of Scholars)|publisher=Department of Backward Classes Welfare, Government of Karnataka|access-date=6 March 2021|quote=}}</ref><br />
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==Origin==<br />
Some Jain Bunts are hereditary trustees and administrators of [[Hindu temple|Hindu Temples]], an example being at the [[Dharmasthala Temple]], whose hereditary administrators are the Pergade family.<ref>{{cite book |title= Charisma and Commitment in South Asian History |last= Long |first= Roger D. |author2=Wolpert, Stanley A. |year= 2004 |publisher= Orient Blackswan |isbn= 978-81-250-2641-9 |page= 368 }}</ref><br />
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==Tradition==<br />
Achieving [[Moksha (Jainism)|moksha]] or liberation is the highest goal of life for the Jains. [[Jain monasticism|Jain monastics]] and renouncers of worldly life are highly revered, especially [[Bahubali]], a king who turned into an ascetic. His virtues are greatly extolled in legends. Huge, [[monolith]]ic statues have been erected by the Jain Bunts in his honor throughout their recorded history.<ref>P. Gururaja Bhatt, ''Antiquities of South Kanara'', Prabhakara Press, 1969, 31 pages.[https://books.google.com/books?vid=0ZTFBJYjdllBvJXUTg&id=UdMCAAAAMAAJ]</ref> The oldest among them is located in [[Karkala]]. Standing about 42 feet tall, it was erected by the Jain Bunt as per the wishes of a pontiff named Lalitakeerti in 1432. Another statue of Bahubali standing about 35 feet was erected in [[Venur]] in 1604 by the Jain Bunt ruler Timma [[Ajila]]. The most recently erected statue lies in Dharmasthala and is about 39 feet tall. [[Mahamastakabhisheka]] rituals are held once in 12 years at the site of these statues. [[Jain temple]]s, called ''basadi'' and ''derasar'', are numerous in the region and were built by various Jain Bunt rulers. The most famous among them is the [[Saavira Kambada Basadi]] located in [[Moodabidri]].<ref name=basadi /> Jain Bunts are [[Jain vegetarianism|strict vegetarians]] and do not consume anything after sunset or eat [[list of root vegetables|root vegetables]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Jainism in Karnataka]]<br />
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