Sompura Salat are a Hindu stone-worker community of Gujarat, They are also found in southern Rajasthan, specially in the Mewar region.[1] Their origin is said to be from Prabhas Patan famous for the Somnath temple. The term "salat" is derived from Shilavat, the old term for a temple architect.
^Folk Icons and Rituals in Tribal Life, Pramod Kumar, Abhinav Publications, 1984, p. 5-12
SompuraSalat are a Hindu stone-worker community of Gujarat, They are also found in southern Rajasthan, specially in the Mewar region. Their origin is...
business and education. They are strict vegetarians. Sachora Brahmin SompuraSalat People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B...
communities like Billore, Gaur Lata Thanki, Pandit and Dave Pushkarna, SompuraSalat also worship her as a kuladevi. The Vaishya community Vijayvargiya worships...
skill of the SompuraSalats, one of Gujarat's master masons. The architect of the new Somnath temple was Prabhashankarbhai Oghadbhai Sompura, who worked...
and cutting of sculptures for various Hindu and Jain temple projects. SompuraSalat community was one of the Brahmin communities in Gujarat who were master...
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