Manganiar
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The Manganiar are a Muslim community found in the Thar Desert region of Rajasthan, India; mostly in the districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer, and in the districts of Tharparkar and Sanghar in the borderi
Manganiar children performing with their guru at Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur at World Sufi Spirit Festival in 2016.
Charan
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Charan is a caste natively residing in the Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India, as well as the Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan. Historically, Charans have been engaged in diverse occupat
Manganiar
…music has been supported by wealthy landlords and aristocrats, especially their traditional Jajman (patrons) from the locally dominant Hindu Rajput and Charan communities for generations. Some of their ragas have originated in the Thar and are not found in the north Indian classical tradition. Manganhar…
Painting depicting Charan Gordhan Singh in Bikaner kingdom, 1725 CE (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Ummeda Rāma Bāreṭha of Mahund, Alwar State (1810 CE)
Portrait of Iśvaradāsa Bārahaṭha of Marwar (1830 CE)
Charan man in Jodhpur State, photographed for the 1891 Census Report