Bhavsar or "Bhawsar" is a Hindu caste. As time passed, the Bhavsar community was made up of community involved in Calico printing business. In Gujarat, Bhavsar are also known as Baniya (Vaniya) as the Bhavsar community has a long history of trading in textile, agriculture and other retail businesses. Subcategories in Bhavsar community are Hindu Bhavsar and Jain Bhavsar which represents diverse religions practices within Bhavsar community. Early 1850s Bhavsars earned their riches through the clothing business, farmlands, havelis, and horses, but most Bhavsars are now pursuing modern day occupations, including private sector or public sector jobs. After the Independence of India, Bhavsars did not get much in the way of government grants or opportunities. Bhavsars are being considered in General Category. Bhavsar Shimpi community is classified as OBC in Maharashtra. With no alternatives (including Government grants, or benefits, after independence) Bhavsar youth mainly went towards higher education categories including engineering, medical, business degree and others. Many of bhavsar include Anchalkar, gondkar, Achekar and many more

History

According to legend, the Bhavsar originated in the

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region, which is now in the state of Gujarat. The Bhavsar community has negotiated with the

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to assure passage for regular pilgrimages to

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Hinglaj Mata Hinglaj Mata (Hindi: हिंगलाज माता, , , ), also known as Hinglaj Devi, Hingula Devi and Nani Mandir, is a Hindu temple in Hinglaj, a town on the Makran coast in the Lasbela district of Balochistan, and is the middle of the ...

is their Community deity.

Language

The Bhavsar community in Gujarat speak

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

, those in Maharashtra speak

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...

and those in Rajasthan speak a

Rajasthani Rajasthani may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Rajasthan, a state of India * Rajasthani languages, a group of Indic languages spoken there * Rajasthani people, the native inhabitants of the state * Rajasthani architecture, Indian ar ...

dialect, and the rest speak

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, apart from the local language but the Gujarati speaking and Marathi speaking Bhavsars were traditionally

endogamous Endogamy is the cultural practice of marrying within a specific social group, religious denomination, caste, or ethnic group, rejecting any from outside of the group or belief structure as unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relatio ...

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