Dhor

The Dhoar kakkaya, also known as Dhoar and kakkaya is a Scheduled Caste in India. Being traditionally a community associated with tanning leather, they are considered to be outside the Hindu ritual ranking system of castes known as varna.

Although the umbrella term Dalit has been claimed by various untouchable communities classified as Scheduled Castes as a means to define themselves, in Maharashtra the Dhor are among the communities that prefer to be known instead by their caste name.

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