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Historically speaking, Aroras are a caste to themselves, which over time (following the Raj Administration and partition) have 'merged' to an extent within the wider Khatri circles, although, as is well known within the Khatri circles, a distinct 'pecking order' does exist and Arora remain at the lower rungs of this (with the obvious Bedis, Sodhis, Sethis, Anands etc at the top).

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa

Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I think Arora is just like another cast. In our pind in Punjab, the Bhais (Granthi and his family) were Aroras who lived in the Gurdwara and do Path and also had a dukaan (grocery shop), like other villages in Punjab. They had two daughters and they married their daughters to their cousins (Maasi se mundian naal). Muslims do that, but they were Sikhs and Amritdharis. It was strange. That's the only thing I know about them, maybe that was only one family that did this.

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Historically speaking, Aroras are a caste to themselves, which over time (following the Raj Administration and partition) have 'merged' to an extent within the wider Khatri circles, although, as is well known within the Khatri circles, a distinct 'pecking order' does exist and Arora remain at the lower rungs of this (with the obvious Bedis, Sodhis, Sethis, Anands etc at the top).

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thanks for the reply.after reading lot of caste stuff on al sikh sites i asked my

grandmother to which caste we belong.she said we are arora sikhs though our caste is makkad so i am little bit confused

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Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa

Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I agree that in Sikhism there is no caste. But the Almight has made us all different, habits, looks, etc.

Khalsa Ji - Have a look at what is said there. Everyone is equal in Sikhism, means once the person has taken Amrit and come into Sikhism, out of that I am not convienced.

So if you want to created equal, there is a path to take, and that path is be an Amritdhari. Unless you are on that path, you are a tarkhan, Jat, gora, kala etc. etc. etc.

Fateh.....

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sikhs belong to a caste called khalsa :)

the rest r... confused in caste system tongue.gif

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waheguru waheguru

khalsa is not a cast

it can never be a cast..

waheguru waheguru

Khalsa is an amry of akal purakh

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"They had two daughters and they married their daughters to their cousins (Maasi se mundian naal). "

I heard many sikh groups from pakistan do this, because they lived according to Muslim culture up in Multan, sialkot etc Pre-1947....

My friends say that Lubhanas also marry their cousins...anyways sikhs don't really view these things as caste in the hindu sense because its not like aroras don't eat with non-aroras etc, it is all a class and occupation thing...like someone pointed out that aroras marry off their kids to their cousins, well that's why jatts say don't marry aroras cause they marry their cousins...anyways that is what i ahve noticed....

and of course there is no caste in sikhi...howvere their are certain sikhs that behave differently than other groups of sikhs, kind of like how "bibeki" sikhs don't eat with non-amritdharis.

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Jats usually don't marry out of their kin, because they consider themselves separate and distinct by "race" and "habit", regardless of them being Amritdhari or not.

As per pratices such as marrying within kin, this can also be witnessed amongst certain parts of the Jat aristocracy for much the same reason: "we know the family...it keeps the money/land within the family".

Amongst rural Jat families, it is also well known that polyandry was practised.

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You are wrong about marrying within kin amongst Jat aristocracy. For reasons of their tribal origins, ie one got of Jats are reputed to be descended from one ancestor. A got like Dhillon say that they are descendents of one person so all Dhillons are related even thoug it is many centuries ago. In the old days a Jats didn't marry their kids even into the same gots as father, mother and both sets of grandparents. Only recently has the maternal got to some extent been disregarded.

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