High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sourashtra or "Sourashtras" refers to a community of people who had their original homes in Gujarat and presently settled in Madurai, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Ammayappan, Dindugal, Salem and other places of Tamilnadu. The origin of the name date backs to the time when the ancestors of theses people inhabited the kingdom of Sourashtra in Gujarat State. The Tamil name by which these people is known in Southern India is Patn lkarar, that is silk-thread workers or weavers who speak "Pattunuli" or "Khatri", a dialect of Gujarati. The details about Sourashtra community is discussed by A.J. Saunders.