Charodi (community)

Charodi also referred to as Meshta/ Achari / Konkani Achari/ Nayak / Khandekar is a community from Karnataka State in India.[1][2] They are usually called as Achari or Mestha in North Karnataka and Nayak or Charodi in South Karnataka.[3]They as per their tales, they have migrated from Goa via sea-route to coastal Karnataka.[1][3]They were during British Raj included among criminal tribes of India.[4] Their traditional work is carpentry and work as carpenters.[1][3]They are included in other backward class communities of Karnataka in post-independent India.[4][5]They are generally followers of Sringeri Matha.[3] They are also worshipers of Shiva, which is locally also known as Ravalnath.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Karnataka by Kumar Suresh Singh, B. G. Halbar. Anthropological Survey of India. 2003. p. 384-389.
  2. ↑ Identity, ecology, social organization, economy, linkages and development process: a quantitative profile by Kumar Suresh Singh. Anthropological Survey of India. 1996. p. 113,144.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Karnataka State gazetteer, Volume 13. Printed by the Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Govt. Press. 1973. p. 101.
  4. 1 2 A socio-history of ex-criminal communities OBCs by Shyam Singh Shashi, P. S. Varma. Sundeep Prakashan. 1991. p. 188.
  5. ↑ "Central list of OBCs for the state of Karnataka"
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