Dheevara (caste)
Dheevara is a grouping of fishing castes from the Kerala state of South India.
The word "Dheevara" is of Sanskrit origin, and has been used to describe fishermen in Gautama Dharmasutra and Mahabharata.[1] The Dheevara community was formed by , Valan and other castes to lobby for the fishers' rights, and to seek caste-based reservations in government jobs.[2] The members of the community formed the Dheevara Mahasabha ("Dheevara Great Assembly"), which is a politically powerful organization. Guru VedaVyasa was born into the Koli -sakya gotra of suryawanshi kshatriya known as Aryans or arayar at present time.[3]
The following castes are categorized as "Dheevara" in the Government's list of Other Backward Classes:[4][5]
See also[]
- Dhimar and Dhivar, fishing castes of North India, whose names are also derived from the word "Dheevara"
References[]
- ^ Singh 2003, p. 292.
- ^ Sathyapalan 2015, p. 90.
- ^ Sathyapalan 2015, p. 95.
- ^ "Central List of OBCs for the state of Kerala" (PDF). National Commission for Backward Classes. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "List of Other Eligible Classes in Kerala State". Kerala Public Service Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
Bibliography[]
- Sathyapalan, Jyothis (2015). "Governability Challenges in Sustaining Small-Scale fisheries in an Urban Context: A study of Cochin Backwaters". In Svein Jentoft and Ratana Chuenpagdee (ed.). Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries: Global Reflections. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-17034-3.
- Singh, Kumar Suresh (2003). People of India. Vol. 25. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 9788173041181.
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