Ganiga
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Ganiga is a caste found in the state of Karnataka, India. They were originally oil pressers and also oil-mongers in the Mysore region of Karnataka.[1] They add the title Shetty to their name.[2]
Ganiga men used to wear sacred thread.[3] They hold themselves to be high class Vaishyas and did not eat food cooked by anyone other than Havyaka Brahmins.[4] They employed Havyaka Brahmins to perform their chief ceremonies and their religious teacher is the chief of smárta monastery at Sringeri and They belong to Kundapura Vyasaraja Peetham.[5] They are classified as OBC in India's system of positive discrimination.[6]
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