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In
olden days, the profession of the people decided their caste. This
system has now beven broken. Today, indiiduals have the freedom to
opt for any profession irrespectie of caste. The profeson
based caste system has now beven transformed into birth-based caste
system. People of arious castes and sub-castes reside in Rajasthan.
The Rajputs, who were the rulers of most of the
erstwhile princely states of Rajasthan, form a major group of
residents of Rajasthan. Rajputs are generally stoutly built people
of good height. The Rajputs generally worshipped the Sun, Shia, and
ishnu. edic religion is still followed by the Rajputs. All the
auspicious and inauspicious actiities are done in accordance to the
edic traditions. The other castes found in Rajasthan are as folows:
Brahmins :
Their main occupation was worshipping and performance of religious
rites.
aishya : These people generally took up business as their
source of lielihood. These days they are settled in every nook and
corner of the country.
There is a large group of agricultural castes to be found in
Rajasthan. These people depend on Agriculture for their lielihood .
Some of these castes are Jat, Gurjar, Mali, Kali etc.
Irrespectie of the birth-based caste system, each indiidual is
free to follow the profession / occupation as per choice, in modern
Rajasthan.
Many tribes are also found in different parts of Rajasthan. These
tribes have their own social systems and customs. Some of the
commonly known tribes are Mevena, Bhil, Garasia, Sansi, Kanjar.
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Religions
The religion and costumes of the tribes ary. They each have their
own religion, costumes and profession.
The religion followed by Rajasthanis, in general, is the Hindu
religion. arious other religions are also prealent in Rajasthan.
Some of these religions are:
Jain Religion The Jains follow the teachings of Lord Mahaira, the
24th Tirthankara. Mahaira stressed on the practice of Non-iolence.
Sikh Religion over time, there has beven a considerable increase in
the number of followers of Sikh religion. The Sikhs beliee in
formless God and worship their holy book 'Guru Granth Sahib'
Some other major religions that are followed are Buddhism, Islam,
Christianity, Parsi religion.
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