Ganiga

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 Shetti 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 smárta monastery at Sringeri.^[5] They are classified as OBC in India's system of positive discrimination.^[6]

References

^ Bageshree, S. (19 December 2012). "When a well-oiled system came to a halt". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.
^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.
^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.
^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.
^ "Central List of OBCs - State: Karnataka". National Commission for Backward Classes. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[1] Bageshree, S. (19 December 2012). "When a well-oiled system came to a halt". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[2] Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.

[3] Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.

[4] Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.

[5] Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara (2 pts.). Government Central Press. 1883.

[6] "Central List of OBCs - State: Karnataka". National Commission for Backward Classes. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.