Panchal
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Panchal is an India
n title, in tune with the Hindu
caste system, that represents some of the castes that are predominant in the Indian state of Gujarat that are either agriculturalists (farmers) or blacksmiths.
status.
The Panchals mainly belong to the various suthar/Lohar castes. They are involved in carpentry, black smith and gold smith work. They are considered the spine for the village as well as urban life.
People from the Panchal community in southern India are known as Viswakarmas or Viswabrahmins.
Panchals catered to the needs of chariots, horse carriages, furniture, home construction and agricultural equipment. They have witnessed the transition from animal driven water lifting wheel to use of diesel engines and electrical water pumps being used now for irrigation.
The entrepreneurial Panchals developed designs and manufactured various parts, assemblies and sub-assemblies for cotton textile mills. They have been engaged in production of bobbins, shuttles, lattices, weaving looms and ancillary items of equipment for dyeing and bleaching, weaving looms, drilling rigs, water pumps, lathe machine, drilling machines and hand tools.
With industrialization Panchals adopted technical professions such as: Draughtsman, design engineer, architects, and shop floor and construction supervisors. The last name Panchal is synonym to Vishwakarma, the Creator of the Universe. The inborn natural creative and technical skill of Panchal has remained the accepted fact.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n title, in tune with the Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
caste system, that represents some of the castes that are predominant in the Indian state of Gujarat that are either agriculturalists (farmers) or blacksmiths.
Ethnicity
The surname is much popular and denotes a particular suthar or LoharLohar
Lohar is an ethnic sub-caste found among Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims in Northern India and Northern Pakistan. Originally this community was a warrior tribe living in provinces of Kermanshah in Iran right up to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. In India the Lohars are also known as Vishwakarma, Sharma,...
status.
The Panchals mainly belong to the various suthar/Lohar castes. They are involved in carpentry, black smith and gold smith work. They are considered the spine for the village as well as urban life.
People from the Panchal community in southern India are known as Viswakarmas or Viswabrahmins.
Vishwakarma Castes in Gujarat
Panchal community of Gujarat has been follower of Lord Vishvakarma as principle deity. Some of the profession practiced by Panchals and related last names are given below:- luhar's. and suthar's The common last name in use are Panchal, Suthar, Mistry, Wadia, Pitroda, Songhadia, Gajjar
- Black smith known as Luhar with lastname as Panchal, Luhar.
- Sompuras: Related with construction of temples, wood and stone carving, fired clay and ceramic products.
- Architect
- Watch repairing: Ghadiali
- Photography
Panchals catered to the needs of chariots, horse carriages, furniture, home construction and agricultural equipment. They have witnessed the transition from animal driven water lifting wheel to use of diesel engines and electrical water pumps being used now for irrigation.
The entrepreneurial Panchals developed designs and manufactured various parts, assemblies and sub-assemblies for cotton textile mills. They have been engaged in production of bobbins, shuttles, lattices, weaving looms and ancillary items of equipment for dyeing and bleaching, weaving looms, drilling rigs, water pumps, lathe machine, drilling machines and hand tools.
With industrialization Panchals adopted technical professions such as: Draughtsman, design engineer, architects, and shop floor and construction supervisors. The last name Panchal is synonym to Vishwakarma, the Creator of the Universe. The inborn natural creative and technical skill of Panchal has remained the accepted fact.