• Dhangar • Rabari/Raika • Gaddis • Bharwad/Bharvad[3] • konar/Idaiyar • Kuruba • Hatkar • Holkar • Kurumba Gounder The Gadaria or Gadariya is a herding caste of North India that was traditionally involved professionally in livestock breeding, especially sheep.

[4] In the early 1910s, an educated class of Gadarias formed All India Pal Kshatriya Mahasabha.

In the 1930s, they started referring to themselves as "Pali Rajput", a synonym of Pal Kshatriya.

[5] They started caste magazines like "Pal Kshatriya Samachar" and "Shepherd Times".

[8][9][10][11][12] They generally practice Hinduism, worshipping various popular deities including Rama, Krishna, Shiva, Vishnu, Hanuman, Kali, Chandi and Lakshmi, as well as various Kuladevata, or family deities.