Ganiga is a caste found in the state of Karnataka, India. They were originally oil pressers and also oil-mongers in the Mysore region of Karnataka.[1] They add the title Shetty to their name.[2]
Ganiga men used to wear sacred thread.[3] They hold themselves to be high class Vaishyas and did not eat food cooked by anyone other than Havyaka Brahmins.[4] They employed Havyaka Brahmins to perform their chief ceremonies and their religious teacher is the chief of Vaishnava monastery at Abbur-Channapatna -Head quarters and they belong to Kundapura Vyasaraja Peetham.[5] They are classified as OBC in India's system of positive discrimination.[6]
References
- ↑ When a well-oiled system came to a halt. The Hindu(19 December 2012). Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Government Central Press(1883)
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Government Central Press(1883)
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Government Central Press(1883)
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Government Central Press(1883)
- ↑ Central List of OBCs - State: Karnataka. National Commission for Backward Classes(9 Jan 2015). Retrieved 2018-01-05.