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SAREEN
Sareen are a sub group of the Khatris. They are sub divided into Chota (small) Sareen and Bada (Big) Sareen. Chota Sareen basically consists of a lesser number of sub castes, namely two-Sodhi and Bedi. Most of the Sikh Gurus were from Chota Sareen. The Bada Sareen consists of Bahl, Nijjer (Nayyar),Trehan, Bhola and Khosla sub castes. The origin of the word Sareen is belived to have come from "Sharia" (Muslim religious law). It is believed that the Sareens were the first to start widow re-marriage and other Khatris alleged that they had started folowing the "Sharia"-The Muslim Law and so they were called -"Shara+een" from where it gradually changed to Sareen over time.