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Panar (other)
The Panar are a Muslim community of Gujarat, India. Panar may also refer to: * Tamil Panar, an ancient and mediaeval musical community of South India * Panar (Kundapura), a community of Karnataka, India * Panhar, or Pānar, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Panar, a tributary of the Mahananda River of India and Bangladesh See also * Pana (other) Pana or PANA may refer to: *Pana (mythology), a god in Inuit religion *PANA, in telecommunications, a Plain ANAlog loop Alarm circuit *Protocol for carrying Authentication for Network Access, a network access authentication protocol *Pana, used fo ...
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Panar
The Panar are a Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat in India. History and origin The word panar in the Gujarati language means a weaver, the traditional occupation of the community. They claim to have come from Central Asia and settled in the city of Patan, the historic capital of Gujarat. During the rule of Sultan Ahmad Shah, they spread all over north Gujarat, and are now found in Ahmedabad, Baroda, Mehsana, and Panchmahal. A section of the Panar are also found in the port city of Surat. They are a Gujarati speaking community, with many being bilingual in Urdu as well. Present circumstances The Panar are an endogamous community, practising both parallel cousin and cross cousin marriages. They are still essentially a community of weavers, particularly those of the town of Dholka in Ahmadabad District. In addition, the community were also involved in the manufacturing of cotton threads. They are a landless community, and with the decline in their traditional occup ...
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Tamil Panar
The Tamil Panar (or , ) were an ancient musical community of the Tamil area in India, attested from the classical Sangam texts onwards through medieval inscriptions. They sang their songs to the accompaniment of the yāl harp. __NOTOC__ In fact medieval inscriptions present evidence for their performing Sanskrit drama and for singing and training temple dancers in hindu temples.Palaniappan, S. "Hagiography Versus History: The Tamil Pāṇar in Bhakti-Oriented Hagiographic Texts and Inscriptions"Hagiography Versus History” 2016. As Palaniappan states therein: "What is interesting about the traditional views regarding the social status of the Pāṇars is that they were not informed by any real data on the Pāṇars actually living in Tamil Nadu during medieval times. Such real data are indeed available to us from Tamil inscriptions, which present a drastically different picture of the social status of the Pāṇars". Notable personages * Tiru Nilakanta Yazhpanar (7th century CE ...
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Panar (Kundapura)
The Panar (singular ''Pana'') are a community found mainly in Kundapura Taluk, Udupi District, Karnataka, India. The Panar are classified as Scheduled caste by the government of Karnataka. They are Kannada-speaking and show expertise in singing ''paddanas'' (folk songs), mainly in their native Kannada, and also in Tulu languages. They claim to have originated from the Tulu-speaking Nalike/panar of Tulunadu. The name "pana" comes from the word "pan" which means "song" and ''Panan'' of Kerala, who are also called ''panar'' in Kerala are by and large identical with this caste. ''Panan'' caste is classified as Scheduled caste in Kerala State. ''Chikku'' cult Panar community are specialised in performing religious cult devoted to ''Chikku'', a group of spirits, by singing folk songs combined with dance, which are (spirits) widely believed and prayed by common people in coastal districts. The songs sung by Panar community in Kannada language are generally related to Siri Paddana son ...
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Panhar
Panhar ( fa, پانهر, also Romanized as Pānhar; also known as Pānar) is a village in Berentin Rural District, Bikah District, Rudan County Rudan County ( fa, شهرستان رودان) is in Hormozgan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to t ..., Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 783, in 168 families. References Populated places in Rudan County {{Rudan-geo-stub ...
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Mahananda River
The Mahananda River (Pron:/ˌməhɑːˈnʌndə or ˌmɑːhəˈnʌndə/) is a trans-boundary river that flows through the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal, and Bangladesh. It is an important tributary of the Ganges. Course The Mahananda river system consists of two streams- one is locally known as Fulahar river and the other Mahananda. Fulahar originates from mountainous region of Himalayas in Nepal and traverses through the Indian state of Bihar and merges with Ganges in left opposite to Rajmahal. The Mahananda originates in the Himalayas: Paglajhora Falls on Mahaldiram Hill near Chimli, east of Kurseong in Darjeeling district at an elevation of . It flows through Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary and descends to the plains near Siliguri. It touches Jalpaiguri district. It enters Bangladesh near Tentulia in Panchagarh District, flows for after Tentulia and returns to India. After flowing through Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal and Kishanganj, Purnia and Katihar distr ...
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