BRAHMANS AND CHHETRI

                                             
                                                      Brahmins / Chhetris


Brahmans square measure the members of the very best social caste. 2 totally different classes of Brahmans ' square measure gift. They solely take issue in their derived fatherland. The ' Kumai Brahmans' square measure imagined to have return from the mountainous regions of Kumaon within the northern Bharat west of Asian nation. they're in the main confined within the western and central Asian nation and therefore the capital town of Kathmandu. The 'Purbiya' Brahmans derive from the japanese a {part of} {nepal|Nepal|Kingdom of Asian nation|Asian country|Asian nation} and square measure found scattered across the country with the larger concentration within the japanese part of Nepal and Kathmandu. Brahmans and Chhetris kind a serious cluster in Kathmandu and enormous variety of them occupy key posts within the government services and in business.

The Brahmans square measure priestly caste. The clergymen altogether Hindu temples square measure solely Brahmans.

Their marriages and alternative rituals square measure terribly complicated and elaborate. generally recentsters|the fogeys} hold marriages for his or her eleven or twelve years old daughters. tho' this can be punishable by law; one hardly gets persecuted against such crime. kid marriages, however, tend to block among town dwellers and educated families. Inter-caste marriages square measure looked down upon and cross- cousins marriages square measure strictly prohibited. The body of deceased is often cremated. ladies ne'er attend the incineration. The cumulus is lit by the son of the deceased. it's believed that 'doing so' can set the soul in eternal peace when the death.

CHHETRIS AND THAKURIS
In the caste hierarchy, the Chhetris and Thakuris return second to Brahmans. they're rulers, leaders and warriors. The Brahmans square measure their academics and family clergymen. Like Brahmans, they're orthodox Hindus. they're believed to derive from the northern a part of Bharat in the main from Rajasthan . they might have migrated to Asian nation within the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

In Nepal , Chhetris and Thakuris square measure among the foremost cogent and well - to - do social categories. they're largely within the government services, in high hierarchal positions within the army and therefore the police. a number of them have remained farmers and square measure comparatively poor and live like all alternative ethnos.

The Thakuris correspond the Chhetris in most of the cultural aspects and rank. The cross- cousins marriages square measure proscribed among the Chhetris. The Thakuris , however, ordinarily practise it among themselves