Chari (caste)

Chari is an artisan caste from Goa, India. The community may refer to themselves as Vishwakarma Manu Maya.. Their traditional occupation is/was that of carpenters and blacksmiths.

Further reading

• Dr.Gnanananda, G. (Ed.) (1981). Sri Visvakarmayaya bhushanam (Kannada) original by K.P. Dixit (1878). KGF: Jnana Bhandara.Kashyapa Shilpa Shastram,Brahmeeya Chitra Karma Shastram.
• Sharma, A.S. (1989). Visvakarma Smaj ka sankshipt itihas (short history of Vishvakarma Society). New Delhi: Visvakarma Institute of Research and Education.
• Vishwabrahmakulotsaha i.e. History of Vishwabrahmins by Sri Balashastri Kshirsagar, Pune