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2. Admission of outsiders.

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Outsiders are not as a rule admitted. But a woman of equal or higher caste who enters the house of a Bhatra will be recognised as his wife, and a man of the Panāra, or gardener caste, can also become a member of the community if he lives with a Bhatra woman and eats from her hand.

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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2, Project Gutenberg eBook #22010

1. General notice and structure of the caste. 3. Arrangement of marriages.