Orh

For the airport with IATA identifier ORH, see Worcester Regional Airport.

The Orh (also known as Oad, Odh, Orh Rajput or Orad Rajput)(pronounced [oᶑ]: Sindhi: اوڏ, Urdu: اوڈ)[1][2] is a drifting tribe of labourers in Sindh,Gujarat, Kathiawar, and some parts of Rajasthan. They drift and shift lock, stock, and barrel with their families wherever work is to be done.[3] They are said to hold a variety of occupations. As artisans, they are carpenters, masons and stoneworkers and were considered to be Dalits.[4][5][6] As traders, they deal in grain, spices, perfumes, and cloth.[7] They are spread across 40 villages in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. In reality, Odh is a word for people who built mud huts rather than a caste; yet, but it is used as a caste in Pakistan. They claim their original name was Sagarbansi or Sagarvanshi ( sub-caste of Agnivanshi) [8] they bear surnames like Gadahi, Bhagat, Galgat, Kharwar, Kahlia, Kudavali, Maangal, Majoka, Mundai, Sarvana, and Virpali.[2]

The Hindu Oads are Shivites and worship Shiva. While those from Sindh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Haryana are Shivite and also worship a variety of regional deities. Oads celebrate "Diya[disambiguation needed]" every Thursday and mostly venerate their ancestors.

  1. ^ Library of Congress Subject Headings. Library of Congress. 2013.
  2. ^ a b Sabha, India Parliament Lok (2006). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. pp. 393, 395.
  3. ^ Pal, Sushilaben; Narula, S. C. (1998). "Some Ballads and Legends : Gujarati Folklore". Indian Literature. 42 (5 (187)): 172–184. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 23338788.
  4. ^ Upreti, Harish Chandra (1981). Social Organization of a Migrant Group: A Sociological Study of Hill Migrants from Kumaon Region in the City of Jaipur. Himalaya Publishing House. p. 68. The untouchables or Doms included various artisan castes, such as Tamta, Lohar, Orh, Koi, Ajari, Das Dholi, Mirasi, etc
  5. ^ Upadhyay, H. C. (2007). Harijans of Himalaya: With Special Reference to the Harijans of Kumaun Hills. Gyanodaya Prakashan. pp. 13, 44. ISBN 9788185097206.
  6. ^ Vir, Dharam; Manral, Manju (1990). Tribal Women: Changing Spectrum in India. Classical Publishing Company. p. 113. ISBN 9788170541035. ritually impure and so untouchables (Achhut) . They are village artisans who are more frequently described by their occupational subdivisions, e . g . Lobar (Blacksmith), Tamta (Coppersmith), Orh (Stoneworker and Mason) and so on .
  7. ^ Pillai, V. Kannu (2007). Caste: Observation of I.C.S. Officers and Others Since 1881. Siddharth Books. p. 224. ISBN 9788190558365.
  8. ^ ní Fhlathúin, Máire (19 March 2020), "From The Cadet: A Poem, in Six Parts: Containing Remarks on British India. To which is added, Egbert and Amelia; in Four Parts: with Other Poems, by a late resident in the East, vol. 1 (London: Robert Jennings, 1814)", The Poetry of British India, 1780–1905, Routledge, pp. 111–117, doi:10.4324/9780429348525-30, ISBN 978-0-429-34852-5, retrieved 20 August 2024