 While Banai is considered as a legal wife of Khandoba in Maharashtra ( especially with the Dhangars ) , the <unk> of Karnataka regard her as a concubine . While Mhalsa is from the high @-@ caste <unk> merchant ( <unk> ) community , Banai is described as a Dhangar ( <unk> caste ) , representing the " outside " and associates Khandoba with non @-@ elite herding castes like Dhangars , <unk> and <unk> ( <unk> ) who live in the forest . Some traditions consider Banai as a <unk> ( <unk> caste ) or <unk> ( fisherman caste ) . In Karnataka , she is called <unk> and is a <unk> . 
