Niari

Niari is a caste in Odisha know for their traditional work "Chudakuta" (making flattened rice) and "Muudikuta" (making puffed rice).Niari caste are divided into two clans, Nageswara and Kashyap. They use surnames such as Parida, Behera, Patra, Naik. The surname Parida meaning power, especially they belongs to the Kshatriya Varna / warrior class in India.but later most of the people started agriculture farming and business become their secondary occupation. Originally they belong to the Kshatriya Varna as per the Hindu's chaturvarna system. AS per Govt of India this Caste is belongs to General Category [1][2]

This article is about the Indian caste. For the department of the Republic of the Congo, see Niari Department. For the valley in that department, see Niari Valley. For the river, see Kouilou-Niari River.

History

In history a group of unemployed and poor people mostly of the Niari Caste, and few other caste, adopted a profession, usually preparing flattened rice. It also has been offering to god as prsad.

References
  1. Rajib Shaw; Juan Pulhin; Joy Pereira (12 December 2010). Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective. Emerald Group Publishing. pp. 87–. ISBN 978-0-85724-485-7.
  2. C., Samal, Kishor (2007). Poverty, social capital and natural resource management. Rawat Publications. p. 125. ISBN 978-81-316-0050-4. OCLC 836530181.
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