# Vanza

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'''Vanza''' also spelt as '''Wanza''' sometimes, is a [Hindu](/source/Hindu) [Khatri](/source/Khatri) artisan community from [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat) state of [India](/source/India). The main occupation of the community is of weaving, dyeing and also tailoring -[Darzi](/source/Darzi) works.<ref name="General1970">India. Office of the Registrar General. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ov4cAQAAMAAJ Census of India, 1961: Gujarat]''. Manager of Publications; 1970.|=quote Since last two to three centuries [Brahmakshatriyas](/source/Brahma_Kshatri), [Muslim Khatris](/source/Muslim_Khatris), [Garala](/source/Garala), [Bhavsar](/source/Bhavsar) and Vanza communities have been engaged in the dyeing</ref><ref name="Solanki2011">{{cite book|author=Gopika Solanki|title=Adjudication in Religious Family Laws: Cultural Accommodation, Legal Pluralism, and Gender Equality in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tE-_peMsgrQC&pg=PA392|accessdate=1 November 2016|date=25 April 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49927-9|pages=36, 177, 299, 253, 390–400}}</ref><ref name="Sharma2002">Shish Ram Sharma.Raj Publications; 2002. {{ISBN|978-81-86208-23-6}}. p. 234, 407.[http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/gujarat.pdf OBC List Gujarat]</ref> Outside India, the caste has diaspora and caste associations in nations like [Kenya](/source/Kenya),<ref name="Herzig2006">Pascale Herzig. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QU_yPk0koH8C&pg=PA168 South Asians in Kenya: Gender, Generation and Changing Identities in Diaspora]''. LIT Verlag Münster; 2006. {{ISBN|978-3-8258-0052-9}}. p. 168–.</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=m8kWkwdKUrcC&pg=PA275 Kenya Gazette]''. 13 February 2004. p. 275.</ref><ref name="Salvadori1989">Cynthia Salvadori. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=4xIRAQAAIAAJ Through open doors: a view of Asian cultures in Kenya]''. Kenway Publications; 1989. {{ISBN|978-9966-848-05-5}}. p. 115–115.</ref> [Uganda](/source/Uganda),<ref name="Uganda1973">East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation. Regional Director, Uganda. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=V3svAQAAIAAJ Post Office Directory of Private Box and Private Bag Renters, Uganda]''. East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation; 1973. p. 88.</ref>  [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom),<ref name="WellerCastle1993">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RCPkAAAAMAAJ Religions in the UK: A Multi-faith Directory]''. University of Derby; 1993. {{ISBN|978-0-901437-06-8}}. p. 258.</ref> and Canada. They worship [Hinglaj](/source/Hinglaj) as their [kuldevi](/source/kuldevi) and many are followers of [Pushtimarg](/source/Pushtimarg) sect of [Hinduism](/source/Hinduism).

==See also==
* [Sai Suthar](/source/Sai_Suthar)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Social groups of Gujarat
Category:Indian castes
Category:Other Backward Classes

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