Pattegar

Pattegar (also spelt as Patvegar, Patewegar, Patwegar, Patvekari, Patekar & Pattagar) or Patkar (Khatri) is a Hindu community predominantly residing in the Indian states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They wear the sacred thread[1] and claim to be Kshatriyas.[2][3] Nowadays they call themselves as Somavamshiya Sahasrarjun Kshatriyas[4][5] or SSK Samaj.[6][7]

Pattegar
Regions with significant populations
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Languages
Marathi, Saurashtra
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Khatri, Savji

All of them follow Hinduism[8] and are traditionally silk weavers.[9] Their principal deity is Shakti.[10] They claim their lineage to legendary king Sahasrarjuna and celebrate Sahasrarjuna Jayanti.[11][12]

Language

The Pattegars speak a language called Pattegari or Khatri or Saurashtra,[13] a dialect of Gujarati with the amalgamation of present-day Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Kannada.[14]

See also

References
  1. Kāmat, Sūryanātha (1993). Karnataka State Gazetteer: Gulbarga District (Kalburgi District). Office of the Chief Editor, Karnataka Gazetteer.
  2. Sharma, Ram Nath (2002). Gujarat holocaust: communalism in the land of Gandhi. Shubhi Publications. p. 103.
  3. Bhanumathi, K (1984). "Communal violence breaks out in Karnataka for the third time". India Today. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. Singh, Kumar Suresh; India, Anthropological Survey of (2003). People of India - Volume 26, Part 3. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1203. ISBN 9788185938981.
  5. M.Madan, Mohan (2001). "The Hindu : Communal violence, a blot on Hubli". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. "The Hindu : Karnataka / Hubli-Dharwad News : SSK Samaj alleges police harassment". www.thehindu.com. 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  7. "SSK research centre at in Karnatak University". The Hindu. 23 September 2009. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  8. Sri Sathyan, B. N. (1967). Mysore State Gazetteer: Chitradurga District. Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press. p. 114.
  9. Ramaswamy, Vijaya (2017). Migrations in Medieval and Early Colonial India. Taylor & Francis. p. 131.
  10. Mysore (India : State); Sri Sathyan, B. N. (1972). "Mysore State Gazetteer: Bellary". Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press: 120.
  11. "SSK Samaj celebrates Sahasrarjun Jayanti". Deccan Herald. 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  12. "Hundreds participate in Sahasrarjun Jayanti Utsav procession in Hubli". The Hindu. 30 October 2006. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  13. "Glottolog 3.2 - Saurashtra". glottolog.org. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  14. Joshi, L. G (1964). A descriptive Grammar of the Khatri dialect. Pune: Doctoral dissertation, Poona: Deccan College. p. 291.
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