They are one of the original native communities of Bombay (Mumbai) metropolitan area in the Konkan division of India.
Since the 19th century the community has called itself Somvanshi Kshatriya Pathare (SKP).
On Pithori Amavasya (the last date in Lunar Shaka month of Shravan), the women in the family pray to sixty-four yoginis for the wellbeing of the children.
The eldest woman in the family holds the figurines on her head and the children surround her.
[3] Being natives of Mumbai, many families in the community use surnames derived by adding the suffix -kar to names of the old Mumbai villages (now suburbs) such as: Other community surnames are Chaudhari, Churi, Darne, Darvalikar, Gharat, Mantri, Mhatre, Naik, Pathare, Patil, Purav, Rai,Raj, Raut, Save, Sawtale, Thakur, Vartak.