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Chamar

Member of a pan North Indian caste cluster who because of their tradition of leather working are considered by the upper castes to to be permanently polluted.
Chaturvarna

Literally four varnas. See Varna. According to this scheme there is no fifth varna or a group of persons who are designated achhuts or untouchables as the Vedas only mention four varnas. However in reality there is not only a fifth varna, there are adivasis (members of Indian tribes) who do not belong to any Hindu social category. Hence Chaturvarna is a theoretical fiction.
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Questioning Theological Pollution Taboo

Pandit, look in your heart for knowledge. Tell me where untouchability  came from, since you believe in it.


Criticising the claimed permanent eternal truth:

 

Pandit, do some search and let me know how to destroy transiency.

Kabir in The Bijak of Kabir by Linda Hess and Sukhdev Singh, MLBD New Delhi, 1986.

Picture by V&A