Karna Sale caste is surname of many people in southern India. Karna Sale caste meaning is The Karna Sales are a caste of Telugu weavers, who are called Seniyans in the Tamil country, e.g, at Madura and Tanjore. They seem to have no tradition as to their origin, but the name Karna would seem to have its origin in the legend relating to the Karnabattus. These are, in the community, both Saivites and Vaishnavites, and all members of the Illabaththini sept are Vaishnavites. They are said to have only one gotra, Kasi (Benares), and numerous exogamous septs, of which the following are examples
Vasthrala, cloth.
Rudrakshala, seeds of Elæocarpus Ganitrus.
Mandha, village common or herd.
Kodavili, sickle.
Thadla, rope.
Thatichettu, palmyra palm.
Dhoddi, court-yard.
Thippa, rubbish-heap.
In some places, the office of headman, who is called Setti, is hereditary. He is assisted by a Pedda Kapu, and Nela Setti, of whom the latter is selected monthly, and derives his name from the Telugu nela (month). In their marriage ceremonial, the Karna Sales closely follow the Padma Sales, but they have no upanayanam (sacred thread rite), or Kasiyathre (mock pilgrimage to Benares), have twelve pots brought for worship, and no pot-searching.
As among other Telugu castes, when a girl reaches puberty, twigs of Strychnos Nux-vomica are placed in the [253]special hut erected for the occasion. On the third or fifth day, the girls relations come to her house under a cloth canopy (ulladam), carrying rice soaked in jaggery (crude sugar) water. This rice is called dhadibiyam (wet rice), and is placed in a heap, and, after the waving of coloured water, distributed, with pan-supari (betel leaves and areca nuts), among those present.
The dead are carried to the burial-ground in a car, and buried, after the manner of Lingayats, in a sitting posture. Jangams officiate at funerals.
The caste deity is Somesvara. Some Karna Sales wear the lingam, but are not particular about keeping it on their person, leaving it in the house, and wearing it when at meals, and on important occasions. Concerning the Lingayat section of the community, Mr. H. A. Stuart writes, as follows.118 The Lingayats resemble the Linga Balijas in all their customs, in all respects, except that they recognise sutakam, or pollution, and bathe to remove it. They freely eat in the houses of all Linga Balijas, but the latter will not eat with them. They entirely disregard the spiritual authority of the Brahmans, recognising priests among the Linga Balijas, Jangams, or Pandarams. In the exercise of their trade, they are distinguished from the Kaikolans in that they sometimes weave in silk, which the Kaikolans never do. Like the Padma Sales, the Karna Sales usually only weave coarse cotton cloths.
Karna Sale caste is one of the many castes subcastes of India.
India has thousands of castes and subcastes, they are in existence and practice since the Vedic times. They were created to solve the problem of division of labor. Karna Sale caste name could indicate the type of work people belonging to the Karna Sale caste do or did in earlier times. Many last names in India indicate the place the person originally belongs to. All castes sub castes are primarily divided into 4 categories:
1.Brahmins – The learned or priestly class
2.Khastriyas – The warrior class or those with governing functions
3.Vaishyas – The trader, agriculturalists or cattle rearers class
4.Shudra – The class that serves other three categories
Karna Sale caste belongs to one of the above 4 categories. Indian caste system is the best system to solve the problem of division of labor. In earlier times there was no rigidity in caste system. Indian caste system is still the best solution for the problem of division of labor, the only change that is needed as per changed times is that rather than having a vertical hierarchical system with Brahmins on top and Shudras at bottom, it would be good to have a horizontal socialist system with Brahmins, Khastriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras all at same level.
The caste system of India is in ruins at present. It is also cause of bloody quarrels in certain parts of the rural India. People of backward castes have reservations in government jobs, this facility is widely misused in India. Many of the backward caste people have become rich and still use the facility for their benefit. Many in India believe reservation in jobs should be given on the basis of poverty rather than caste because there are many poors in upper castes as well.
Many criticize the Indian caste system because of bad material condition of lower castes but if they observe in an unbiased way they would find that there are many in upper castes with bad material conditions. The problem lies in power not in castes, power can corrupt anyone be it from upper caste or lower caste.
All cultures, all countries, all religions have caste system in one form or the other. Christians have different churches depending on the region or language or skin color of people. Muslims have a priestly class that tries to control everything. Arab Muslims before the oil boom were so much divided among tribes that if you drank water from a well of a different tribe you could be shot dead. Tribal divisions still exists among Muslims. You can also see the caste system in a different form in your corporate companies. I had seen different food and drinking facilities for people at different levels.
Karna Sale caste is also known as Karna Sale Gotra.
Caste situation is quiet different in urban India, people in urban areas especially youngsters don?t bother about castes. Inter caste, inter religious, inter lingual marriages are quiet common in urban India. Inter caste, inter religious and inter lingual marriages in rural areas attract severe criticism and many times people are expelled from community for not marrying as per religious and caste rules.