| Gotra | 120 |
|---|---|
| Kuladevta (male) | Vishwakarma |
| Religions | Hinduism |
| Languages | Bengali |
| Country |  India |
| Ethnicity | Indian, Bangladeshi |
Sutradhar is a caste within the Vishwakarma community of West Bengal and Bangladesh.[1][2][3] Their traditional occupation is carpentry.[4][5] The great majority of Hindu Sutradhars belong to the Vaishnava sect. Vishwakarma is regarded as their patron deity.[3]
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- ^ Durgadas Mukhopadhyay (2017). Folk Arts and Social Communication. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 978-8123024882.
Incidentally, Sutradhar is also the caste name of carpenters in Bengal who specialise in making dolls, puppets, clay models and masks which are used in various folk performances in the region.
- ^ Sanjay Paswan, Jaideva Paramanshi, ed. (2002). Encyclopaedia of Dalits in India: Emancipation and empowerment. Kalpaz Publications. p. 218. ISBN 978-81-7835-269-5.
- ^ a b Faroqi 2015.
- ^ Ghosh & Ghosh 2000, p. 96.
- ^ Atal, Yogesh (2012). Sociology: A Study of the Social Sphere. Pearson Education India. p. 242. ISBN 978-8-13179-759-4.