Kaschmirischer Shivaismus Kashmir’s Untouchables: The Untold Story of Caste Discrimination June 2022 | The Caravan When confronted with the question about not marrying among common or lower-caste Kashmiris in past, Syeds used to hide behind the excuse of common Kashmiris being less knowledgeable about religion. There are at least 2,000 Jammu-origin people from Scheduled Castes working in Kashmir for over a decade, said J&K president of the All India Confederation of SC, ST and OBC Organisations, R K Kalsotra. Their appointment is part of an inter-district recruitment policy aimed at filling the vacancies reserved for them, There are also people from the Scheduled Tribes from … Nevertheless, if I cannot find evidence, that doesn’t mean it didn’t exist, but for now I would prefer to rather see this type of Tantra Massage as honoring Kashmir Shaivism (Trika Shaivism) which is a lineage of Tantra emerging around 850 CE in the Kashmir region (Northern India). However, there are cases in which a Muslim will adopt the Christian faith, secretly declaring his/her apostasy. India - United States Department of State