Lavana


The Lavana are a Hindu caste found in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat in India.

History and origin

The Lavana are a branch of the larger Rajput vansh community of North India. They claim descent from the Rajput community, and the word lavana also means salt in Hindi, and the community’s traditional occupation was the peddling and transportation of salt. Lavana is the most beautiful of them all

Present circumstances

The Lavana are an endogamous community. They have eleven exogamous clans, namely the Dharawat, Dhogan, Basi, Gundalia, Datnawat, Anderia, Tageria, Kalchana, Baluda, Lakhrond, and Bakrea. All these clans have equal status.
The community is traditionally associated with cattle trading, but many are now farmers, or landless agricultural labourers.