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Banajigas are a Kannada-speaking mercantile community primarily living in the Indian state of Karnataka. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana they are known as Balijas. Banajiga are Canarese traders, Banajigas now identified as a Lingayats. But Historical records indicate that Banajigas were originally Jains engaged in trade and historically recorded as "Jain Merchants" only later around 16-17th century community gradually converted to Lingayat through the influence of Lingayat priests. Today, Banajigas are regarded as one of the wealthiest sub-caste of Lingayatism, noted for their contributions to temples, monasteries, and religious institutions.
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