Vishwakarma

The Vishwakarma community are a social group of India, sometimes described as a caste. They claim to be Brahmin or of high-status in the caste hierarchy, although these claims are not generally accepted outside the community. The community comprises five subgroups—carpenters, blacksmiths, bronze smiths, goldsmiths and stonemasons— claiming to be descendants of Vishvakarma, a Hindu deity.