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Sompura Salat (Source (http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/sompura…
Sompura Salat
Sompura Salat community
seperated
from Brahmans
Sompura Brahmins
do not
accept them as Brahmins
Salat term derived from the word
Shilavat
ancient term for
temple architect or stone carver.
They are vegetarians, but also dont eat garlic, onion, lentils, white cucumbers
They are all over Gujarat and Rajasthan, but more concentrated in Saurashtra region
Apart from these regions they take up temple masonry work in other parts of india as well a soverseas places like UK and the US
They all have a common Kuldevi,
Ashapura
Source
http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/sompura-salat-community/
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