Kansabanik

Kansabanik or Kansari (Bengali: কংসবনিক, Odia: କଂସାରୀ) is a Hindu caste[1] found from West Bengal, Odisha and Assam state of India. Who are traditionally braziers and coppersmiths by profession.[2] They are one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group in Bengal.[3] Kanshabaniks are recognized as Other Backward Class by the Government of West Bengal.[4]

Kansabanik/Kansari
Kuladevta (male)Vishwakarma
Kuladevi (female)Lakshmi
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesBengali, Odia
Populated statesWest Bengal, Odisha
Family nameskansari family

Mythology

The Brihaddharma Purana classified the Kansabaniks among the upper mixed castes in the caste hierarchy. The Brahmavaivarta Purana classified the Kansbaniks in the pure Shudra category.

According to legend, an apsara from heaven was cursed and took birth as a human on earth. Vishwakarma, who too was born as a Brahmin incarnate on the earth, married her and had nine sons. The sons grew up to be skilled artists. One of the sons took up the profession of a brazier. He is supposed to be the progenitor of the Kansabaniks.

See also

References
  1. Dipti Ray (2007). Prataparudradeva, the Last Great Suryavamsi King of Orissa (A.D. 1497 to A.D. 1540). Northern Book Centre. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-81-7211-195-3.
  2. Mohanty, Ramesh P.; Biswal, Durgesh Nandini (2007). Culture, Gender and Gender Discrimination: Caste Hindu and Tribal. Mittal Publications. p. 40. ISBN 978-81-8324-199-1.
  3. Sanyal, Hitesranjan (1981). Social Mobility in Bengal. Papyrus. p. 115.
  4. "Anagrasarkalyan | Backward Classes Welfare Department". anagrasarkalyan.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
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