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The Suthar or Sutar (Rajasthani: सुथार) is a Hindu caste within the Vishwakarma community of India. They are also found in the province of Sindh in Pakistan .^[2]

The Origin [link]

The word Suthar came from the Sanskrit word Sootradhar. According to the Brahma Purana, they are offspring of Vishwakarma. Their main occupation is wood carpentry. The community is vegetarian and avoid drinking. ^[3]

According to myth sutradhar (sutra=formulae or mantra, slokas, chants and sutradhar is that who use formula). In ancient times sutradhars were working with sutra for every part of the building. Once god Acharya Vishwakarma went to see the work of his pupil on the site, pupil did mistake, he forgot to place the doors & window in nervousness. He placed opening with hand(manual).after seeing this Acharya cursed(shraap) him that "from now on, you will work with hand(manual) only ".

The archeology evidence and historian describes that our human civilization started different ages like Stone Age (early aadi manva was in forest and first use tools made with stone and started living in caves), Wooden ages (vedic ages are described as wooden ages were he use boat making, wooden wheel and agricultural wooden plough start living in villages), Iron Age (man started using tools with iron and metal and man became superior to all creature by developing weapons and his growth rate is more faster) and finally pottery ages. Sone carver and carpenter they exchanged their works as per age demands to work them.

Distribution [link]

In all over Rajasthan (India), Pakistan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, the Hindu Community having wood-work, building construction (MISTRY) & sculpture occupation is called as Suthar, whereas in other parts of India they are called on the basis of local tradition and language of that area. In Most parts of India Vishwakarma term is widely used to identify Suthar, whereas some other terms used are Venayak, Tarkhan, Barrahi.

Other Similar Community [link]

Mistris of Kutch and Kadias of Gujarat are generally identified together with Suthar community but both are different community although involved in same business of building & construction. Mistris of Kutch are Kshatriya community.^[4]

See also [link]

• Vishwakarma (caste)
• Mistris
• Kadia (community)

References [link]

External links [link]

• Lohar Samaj
• Suthar community website
• Viswakarma community website
• Suthar Samaj Now online