Vanza also spelt as Wanza sometimes, is a

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

Khatri artisan community from

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

state of

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. The main occupation of the community is of weaving, dyeing and also tailoring -

Darzi In the Indian subcontinent the Darzi caste, is found among Hindus and Muslims. They are known as Idrisi in the Muslim community.The people of idrisi originally came as soldiers from the Khorasan, Turkmenistan regions of Central Asia during t ...

works.India. Office of the Registrar General.
Census of India, 1961: Gujarat
'. Manager of Publications; 1970., =quote Since last two to three centuries Brahmakshatriyas, Muslim Khatris, Garala, Bhavsar and Vanza communities have been engaged in the dyeingShish Ram Sharma.Raj Publications; 2002. . p. 234, 40
OBC List Gujarat
/ref> Outside India, the caste has diaspora and caste associations in nations like,

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,Pascale Herzig.
South Asians in Kenya: Gender, Generation and Changing Identities in Diaspora
'. LIT Verlag Münster; 2006. . p. 168–.
Kenya Gazette
'. 13 February 2004. p. 275.Cynthia Salvadori.
Through open doors: a view of Asian cultures in Kenya
'. Kenway Publications; 1989. . p. 115–115.

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

,East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation. Regional Director, Uganda.
Post Office Directory of Private Box and Private Bag Renters, Uganda
'. East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation; 1973. p. 88.

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,
Religions in the UK: A Multi-faith Directory
'. University of Derby; 1993. . p. 258. and Canada. They worship

Hinglaj 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 ...

as their

kuldevi A ''kuladevata'' (), also known as a ''kuladaivaṃ'' (), is an ancestral tutelary deity in Hinduism and Jainism. Such a deity is often the object of one's devotion (''bhakti''), and is coaxed to watch over one's clan (''kula''), gotra, family, ...

and many are followers of

Pushtimarg The Puṣṭimārga, also known as Pushtimarg (Path of Nourishing or Flourishing) or Vallabha Sampradāya, is a Hindu Vaiṣṇava saṁpradāya. It was established in the early 16th century by Vallabha (1479–1530) and further developed by his ...

sect of

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{{Reflist Social groups of Gujarat Indian castes Other Backward Classes

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