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'''Niari''' is a [[fisherman]] community of [[Odisha]] state in Eastern India.
'''Niari''' are a caste in [[Odisha]] .They are similar to the [[Dewar (caste)|Dewar caste]], and belong to the Sebc category.
which is a synonym of [[Kewat|Keuta]] caste. But they has not yet been included in the Orissa [[Scheduled Caste]] list.<ref name="ShawPulhin2010">{{cite book|author1=Rajib Shaw|author2=Juan Pulhin|author3=Joy Pereira|title=Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DclBSlTrCYC&pg=PA87|date=12 December 2010|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing|isbn=978-0-85724-485-7|pages=87–}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=C.|first=Samal, Kishor|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/836530181|title=Poverty, social capital and natural resource management|date=2007|publisher=Rawat Publications|isbn=978-81-316-0050-4|pages=125|oclc=836530181}}</ref>

==History & Social Status==
Like Keutas the Niaris are almost fisherman community of the state. They are belongs to [[Shudra]] varna. But due to their high economical status from fishing occupation, they have been excluded to Scheduled Caste (SC) category.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Chilka Lake|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9YwmAQAAMAAJ&q=niari+keuta+caste&dq=niari+keuta+caste&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh28CC7rTxAhXhFbcAHdOiAeYQ6AEwCHoECAQQAw|year=1970|publisher=Directorate of Fisheries, Government of Orissa}}</ref><ref name="Pradhan2000">{{cite book|author=Atul Chandra Pradhan|title=History, Culture, and Economy: Prof. Karuna Sagar Behera Felicitation Volume|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=OSBuAAAAMAAJ&dq=niari+keuta+caste&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=niari+sudra|year=2000|publisher=Post-graduate Department of History (SAP), Utkal University|isbn=978-81-901303-0-1}}</ref>


==History==
The Niari have a history of being unemployed and poor, and alongside a few other castes, mostly adopted the profession of preparing flattened rice, which has traditionally been an offering to the deity Prasad. Niari caste peoples are considered to be Shudra Varna by [[Odia people|Odia]] [[Brahmin|Brahmins]] and others.
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Latest revision as of 13:44, 10 December 2024

Niari are a caste in Odisha .They are similar to the Dewar caste, and belong to the Sebc category.

History

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The Niari have a history of being unemployed and poor, and alongside a few other castes, mostly adopted the profession of preparing flattened rice, which has traditionally been an offering to the deity Prasad. Niari caste peoples are considered to be Shudra Varna by Odia Brahmins and others.

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