A question about kumbhAr caste

DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA narayana at HD1.VSNL.NET.IN
Sun Jun 21 16:57:44 UTC 1998


'Kumbhar' I think is a potter. The most famous of them is 'Gora Kumbhar'
a devotee of Lord Panduranga Vithal who tested Namdev.

regards,

sarma.

At 10:40 AM 6/21/98 EDT, you wrote:
>I have come come across a name "kumbhAr" for a caste in Maharashtra. Can
>anybody tell me what their traditional occupation is? Thanks in advance.
>
>Regards
>S. Palaniappan
>
>





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