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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 Shetti 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. [5] They are classified as OBC in India's system of positive discrimination. [6]

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