Ravived is a caste that is mainly found among Hindus in Mauritius.[1] The origin of this caste lay in an Indian caste named Chamar[2] This same caste is referred to as Ravidassia outside Mauritius, and this terminology is very seldom used in Mauritius.[3]
Arya Ravived Pracharni Sabha
During the initial stage of migration in Mauritius, significant numbers of Chamar people joined the Arya Samaj in the hope that it would help them to be free from the curse of casteism, as it was claimed by the leaders of the Arya Samaj.[4] But later, Upper Caste Arya Samajis started building separate halls for themselves and chamars for prayer within the same shrine to avoid Arya Samaj being labelled as a Chamar religion, which led to the establishment of Arya Ravived Pracharini Sabha in 1935.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Understanding the caste system in Mauritius". 6 April 2021.
- ^ http://mujournal.mewaruniversity.org/JIR%203-4/JIR3-4.pdf
- ^ Claveyrolas, Mathieu (2015). "The 'Land of the Vaish'? Caste Structure and Ideology in Mauritius". South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal. doi:10.4000/samaj.3886.
- ^ The Legacy of Indian Indenture: Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Migration and Diaspora. Routledge. 10 November 2016. ISBN 9781351986830.
- ^ New Homelands: Hindu Communities in Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, Fiji, and East Africa. Oxford University Press, USA. 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-539164-0.