Soni (caste)

The Soni are a Hindu caste of goldsmiths found throughout India in the states of Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh.

[1] The Soni are essentially still goldsmiths, with a few also involved in the manufacture of other items of jewellery.

[2] Like similar Hindu castes, they are endogamous and maintain a system of clan (gotra) exogamy.

They follow Vaishnavism, and many belonging to the Swaminarayan sect.

This caste mostly found in Gujarat.