What is Sagotra marriage?

What is Sagotra marriage?

Marriages and gotras. The compound word ‘sagotra’ is a union of the words ‘sa’ and ‘gotra’, where ‘sa’ means same or similar. It is common practice in preparation for Hindu marriage to inquire about the kula-gotra (clan lineage) of the bride and groom before approving the marriage.

Is Mehra high caste?

Mehra is a surname among some of the communities of Uttarakhand in North India. According to Aditya Malik, Mehra(Mahara/Mahra/Mara from book kumaon ka ithihas by Badri Dutt Pandey) remains a powerful community of Rajput landowners in Kumaon Division of Central Himalayas.

Is Saini a Punjabi?

Sainis are a Rajput descent agricultural and landowning caste of Punjab . The Saini Sikhs are found in the sub-mountainous region of Punjab. They dominate in a significant number of villages in Hoshiarpur, Nawanshehr, Jalandhar, Ropar and Gurdaspur.

What is the highest Punjabi caste?

Initially, they were recruited only for menial jobs. Jats are the biggest group in terms of numbers among Sikh castes. Sikh Jats enjoy a status much superior to their Hindu Jat bretheren who are officially part of the backward castes in most states.

Is Saini a Kshatriya?

Saini’s are descendants of the Kshatriya class. They are considered the second highest class after Brahmins. Unlike the Jat clan, which consists of castes mostly from the working class, Saini’s are distinguished as the higher warrior class.

Is Saini a Yadav?

Sanis are Kshatriya Yadav’s who consider their origin form King Soorsain the grandfather of Lord Krishna .

Are Yadav scheduled caste?

Classification. The Yadavs are included in the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) category in the Indian states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.

Is rajbhar SC or OBC?

They are among 17 OBC communities that were again proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the Samajwadi Party-controlled Government of Uttar Pradesh.