In olden times, the castes which were considered high in the Hindu caste hierarchy i.e. Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, were well-educated and financially sound, while the lower castes i.e. Shudras, Dalits and Adivasis, were discriminated by the upper castes and denied education due to their low birth.
Trilochan, a name which literally means three-eyed, that is, seer of the present, past and future, was a celebrated saint of the Vaishya caste.
Although considered to be Vaishya in the Hindu ritual ranking system known as varna, the Lohanas favour a mythical origin as members of the Kshatriya varna.
Radhe Shyam born to father Late Shitla Prasad Gupta, in a Agrahari Vaishya famiy of Fatehpur, India.
The Kannada Vaishya in Uttara Kannada (India) are a small sect of people.
Khandelwal Vaishya is a Vaishnava community originally from Khandela, a historical town in northern Rajasthan, India.