Dhandhor
Dhandhor[1] or Dharhor is a subdivision of the Yadav caste in India.[2] The Dharhors claim to have been the first settlers of the Senapur village of Jaunpur District, and it may be that they had the responsibility of protecting the original Thakur settlers.[3] They are the second-most represented subcastes of Yadavs in Purvanchal (eastern region of Uttar Pradesh) after the Gwalvanshi Ahir subcaste.[4] They are also populated in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.[5]
Etymology
The word Dhandhor etymologically signifies "one whose wealth lies in cattle" being derived from dhan; wealth and dhor; hoofed cattle.[6]
Racial description
Generally they have a dark colour, stout body and a medium height with small hair on the head. Their womenfolk have a fairer complexion as compared with the males.[7]
Culture
In the areas where Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi and Chhattisgarhi dialects are spoken three clans of Ahir dominate i.e. Dhandhor, Gwal and Krishnaut and it is these three main groups alone who continue the tradition of the Chanainī or Loriki singing.[1] The buffalo-breeder/grazier Ahirs were called Dhandhors.[8] Only they sell milk and curd etc.[1] On the day of the Dewali, they eat tame pork; and on all occasions, such as are not of the sect of Vishnu, eat the wild hog and i.e., why they are held to be inferior than rest of the caste.[9]
References
- ^ a b c Pandey, Shyam Manohar (1982). The Hindi oral epic Canainī: the tale of Lorik and Candā (in Hindi). Sahitya Bhawan.
- ^ India Today. Aroon Purie for Living Media India Limited. 1994.
- ^ Planalp, Jack M. (1956). Religious Life and Values in a North Indian Village. Cornell University.
- ^ Pradesh (India), Uttar (1985). Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Gorakhpur. Government of Uttar Pradesh.
- ^ सिन्हा, मीनाक्षी (1993). मिथिला के यादव (in Hindi). Mahārājā Lakshmīśvara Siṃha Risarca Sosāiṭī.
- ^ General, India Office of the Registrar (1962). Census of India, 1961: Himachal Pradesh. Manager of Publications.
- ^ General, India Office of the Registrar (1962). Census of India, 1961. Manager of Publications.
- ^ Hasan, Amir; Das, J. C.; Rizvi, Baqr Raza (2004). People of India: The Communities: Gaddi-Muslim Teli. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-81-7304-114-3.
- ^ Martin, Robert Montgomery (September 2013). Bhagulpoor, Goruckpoor, and Dinajepoor. General Books. pp. 467–468. ISBN 978-1-230-01613-9.
Further reading
- Coccari, Diane Marjorie (1986). The Bir Babas of Banaras: an analysis of a folk deity in North Indian Hinduism. University of Wisconsin--Madison.
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