Agri (caste): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Rescuing orphaned refs ("joshua" from rev 1231226651) |
Adding local short description: "Hindu caste", overriding Wikidata description "Subcaste of Koli caste of Maharashtra" |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Hindu caste}} |
|||
{{pp-extended|small=yes}} |
{{pp-extended|small=yes}} |
||
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} |
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} |
||
Latest revision as of 01:00, 7 December 2024
.jpg)
The Agri or Aagri are a mostly Hindu caste found in Mumbai (Bombay), Thane District, Raigad District & Palghar district of Konkan division, Maharashtra, India. The Agri population numbered around 416,000 in India in year 1931. They are mainly involved in fishing, salt making, and rice farming. They speak the Agri dialect of Maharashtrian Konkani and write in the Devanagari script.[1] They are Hindus, worship all the Hindu deities and observe Hindu festivals such as Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Dussera, Diwali, Hanuman Jayanti, Datta Jayanti, Shiv Jayanti and others.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Agri in India". Joshua Project.
- ^ Kumar Suresh Singh (2004). People of India: Maharashtra, Part 1. p. 56. ISBN 9788179911006.
 | This Maharashtra-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |