Pattegar
Pattegar or Patkar is a Hindu community predominantly residing in the Indian states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They wear the sacred thread and they are Kshatriyas. Nowadays they call themselves as Somavamshiya Sahasrarjun Kshatriyas or SSK Samaj.
All of them follow Hinduism. They claim their lineage to legendary king Sahasrarjuna and celebrate Sahasrarjuna Jayanti.Language
The Pattegars speak a language called Pattegari or Khatri or Saurashtra, a dialect of Gujarati with the amalgamation of present-day Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Kannada.
