• Source: 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. They add the title Shetty to their name.
Ganiga men used to wear sacred thread. They hold themselves to be high class Vaishyas and did not eat food cooked by anyone other than Havyaka Brahmins. They employed Havyaka Brahmins to perform their chief ceremonies and their religious teacher is the chief of smárta monastery at Sringeri and They are belongs to Kundapura Vyasaraja Peetham. They are classified as OBC in India's system of positive discrimination.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Suku Tulu
• Kerajaan Mysore
• Ganiga
• Ravikumar Gowda Ganiga
• Edagaiye Apaghatakke Karana
• First Contact (1983 film)
• Ambi Ning Vayassaytho
• Mangalore
• Black Harvest (1992 film)
• Kempe Gowda I
• Kingdom of Mysore
• Unai Sahu