Tanti

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Hinduism

The Tanti bania (also anglicised as Tanty, Tantee, Tatwa,Tantubay, Tantubai, Tati,) are a Hindu cloth merchant community in India. The greatest concentration is believed to be in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha. [1] The community is not very concentrated because their designation was defined based on their occupation rather than particular beliefs or group identity.

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Origin

The word tanti is derived from the Hindi word tanta, which means a loom. They were traditionally Bania, and are one of the many communities found in South Asia, traditionally associated with cloth trading. The community is found in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam as well as Odisha

The Tanti are said to have originated as sellers of cloth since the ancient days.There main business was to sell manufactured cloths and earn livelihood through it, they were completely imbibed in there cloth business.The Tanti people are found across mostly the northeastern portion of India.

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References

  1. Ramesh P. Mohanty (2003). Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 40–41. ISBN   978-81-7141-696-7.