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'''Kapadi''', also known as '''Kapdi''' is a small community found in [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. They are chiefly found in [[Kutch]] and [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] areas of Gujarat<ref>{{Cite book|last=Schaflechner|first=Jürgen|title=Hinglaj Devi|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2018|pages=67}}</ref><ref name=a>{{cite book |title=People of India - Volume 30, Issue 2 by Kumar Suresh Singh |date=1998 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India, 2004 |pages=957 |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lZuAAAAMAAJ&q=KAPDI+COMMUNITY |access-date=22 August 2025|quote= KAPADI / KAPADIA A lesser - known community reported from Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Kapadi of Gujarat . Agriculture and trade in grocery are the primary as well as the traditional occupations of Gotrej. Hinglaj Devi as their community deity, and Ganpati as their village deity. Hinglaj Devi temple in Gandevi in Gujarat and. Mahalakshmi temple in Maharashtra are their major centres of pilgrimage}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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The '''Kapdi [[Sampradaya]]''' claim to be descendants of Raja Raghu who is an ancestor of Lord Rama, the guide of the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] deity [[Rama]], Rama's army as they marched through the desert to [[Hinglaj]].{{Sfn|Schaflechner|2018|p=67-68}}<br />
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This dress was given by Rama to one Laljusraj, who accompanied him on the trip. Laljusraj is said to be the founder of the Kapdi sect in Hinglaj. It is believed that it is the same dress, that is preserved at [[Mekan Dada]] Temple at [[Dhrang]].<ref name="b">[https://books.google.com/books?id=oPUFiGRH07IC&dq=kapadi&pg=PA73] Kutch in festival and custom By K. S. Dilipsinh</ref><br />
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They worship [[Ashapura Mata]] and make visit the [[Hinglaj Mata mandir]] in [[Balochistan, Pakistan]].{{Sfn|Schaflechner|2018|p=67}} Although Hinglaj Temple in Pakistan remains their chief [[kuldevi]] temple, however, since partition of India, as it is not possible to visit Pakistan by everyone now they visit Hinglaj Mata Mandir at [[Gandevi]] and [[Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur]] to pay their obsience and for yearly rituals.<ref name=a/><br />
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[[File:Temple of Raja Kapadi Dada at Dabada Kutch.jpg|thumb|Temple of Shree Jai Raja Kapadi Dada, a saint of Kapadi community, housing his [[Samadhi]] at Village Dabada in [[Kutch]]. Note mention of [[Om|Aum]] and ''Jee Naam'', religious symbol of [[Kapadi Sampradaya]] embedded on the main gate written in [[Gujarati script]] and [[Saffron (color)|deep saffron]] color.]]<br />
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The Kapdis consider [[Mekan Dada]] to be an incarnation of [[Lakshmana]], the younger brother of Rama, and he visited the site of Hinglaj at the end of the 17th century. The Kapadis consider anyone who performs the pilgrimage to Hinglaj to be Kapdi as well.{{Sfn|Schaflechner|2018|p=67-68}}<br />
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Historically their traditional occupation was of [[Gotrej]], however, they are in present days earn mainly their livelihood from farming, grocery stores and small time traders.<ref name=a/><br />
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==See also ==<br />
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* [[Guru-shishya tradition]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Vaishnava sects]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Tribes of Kutch]]</div>Startupoffices