Here I am sharing few paintings from 1770-1850s of India (South) portraying various jatis. These pictures will expose-break the colonial mind which has been set (i.e. mind-set) in such way that professionals frm Shudra Varna wer vry poor and they lived pathetic lifestyle.

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Sapera jati.
Look at their dressing and richness. Totally proud Brhamanical.

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Was brahman doing this professional?

Kumhar jaati.

So rich and traditionalist. 😍

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Bunkar jaati.

Look lady, so rich and beautiful. Do we see such things today?

(Women were not allowed to do anything 🤣)

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Cook couple.

So rich. 😍

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Ever since my childhood, I have read that the Jati (NOT Caste) is worst creation of our ancestors. There r many who says JAATI is nt by birth, but it's by Karma, without even knowing the difference between Jaati, Varna and Caste. This has led to #IdentityCrisis.
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JAATI is derived from 'Jaat', which simply means common birth.

You take a common birth in a family, which has its own KUL established at time of Vivah (dint you notice that?).

So your common birth (Jaat) is nothing but your KUL. That's why it is called as Jaati, NOT Varna

And that's what you see, there are many KULS (Jaatis) in each Varna. This Jaati is by birth. No one on this planet can change that. How can you even change your KUL?

That's why see so many Jaatis, contrary to only four Varnas.

Isn't it?

It is not always necessary that one KUL is one Jaati. Ideally it should have been, having said that when it is combined with profession, many KULS collectively became One JAATI. That's what u see, many KUL Devta/ Devi within one JAATI.

NOT to forget the Varna is also as per Purva Janma. If you don't believe in that it's fine. But, that's the bitter truth, though many modern scholar will have different opinion, rightly so.

But, The problem is why do people don't believe in Jaati or Varna is by birth because