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- Patua abstract "The Patuas are an artisan community found in the state of West Bengal in India. Some Patuas are Hindus, while others are Muslims. Hindu Patuas are active in the Kalighat and Kumartuli regions of Calcutta, along with some other parts of West Bengal, where they are reduced in number. It is believed that most Patuas are actually converts from Hinduism to Islam. Today, they practice customs that are both Hindu and Islamic in nature. They may have also been Buddhist at various points in time. Today, however, the majority of them are impoverished Muslims who rely on patronage from mainly Hindus, but also increasingly from tourists who buy their painted scrolls, as Frank J. Korom has described and analyses in his book Village of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal (2006. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press).Scholars argue that the Patuas, originally Hindus, were cast out of the Hindu society for not following canonical proceedings in pursuing their trade. Patuas are also known Patigar or Chitrakar.".
- Patua thumbnail Patua_-_International_Kolkata_Book_Fair_2013_-_Milan_Mela_Complex_-_Kolkata_2013-02-03_4284.JPG?width=300.
- Patua wikiPageID "1406742".
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- Patua wikiPageOutDegree "36".
- Patua wikiPageRevisionID "691047140".
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink 24_Parganas.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Bankura_district.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Bengali_Brahmins.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Bengali_language.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Birbhum_district.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Buddhism.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Category:Muslim_communities_of_India.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Category:Social_groups_of_West_Bengal.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Hindu.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Hinduism.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Hooghly_district.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Howrah_district.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink India.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Islam.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Kolkata.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Lodha_Muslims.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Midnapore_district.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Muslim.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Purulia_district.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Sunni_Islam.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink Urdu.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink West_Bengal.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLink File:Patua_-_International_Kolkata_Book_Fair_2013_-_Milan_Mela_Complex_-_Kolkata_2013-02-03_4284.JPG.
- Patua wikiPageWikiLinkText "Patua".
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- Patua wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commonscat.
- Patua wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Indian_Muslim.
- Patua wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Patua subject Category:Muslim_communities_of_India.
- Patua subject Category:Social_groups_of_West_Bengal.
- Patua hypernym Community.
- Patua type Community.
- Patua type Group.
- Patua type Settlement.
- Patua type Community.
- Patua type Group.
- Patua comment "The Patuas are an artisan community found in the state of West Bengal in India. Some Patuas are Hindus, while others are Muslims. Hindu Patuas are active in the Kalighat and Kumartuli regions of Calcutta, along with some other parts of West Bengal, where they are reduced in number. It is believed that most Patuas are actually converts from Hinduism to Islam. Today, they practice customs that are both Hindu and Islamic in nature. They may have also been Buddhist at various points in time.".
- Patua label "Patua".
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- Patua sameAs m.0fpjbw3.
- Patua sameAs Q7148745.
- Patua wasDerivedFrom Patua?oldid=691047140.
- Patua depiction Patua_-_International_Kolkata_Book_Fair_2013_-_Milan_Mela_Complex_-_Kolkata_2013-02-03_4284.JPG.
- Patua isPrimaryTopicOf Patua.