Vishwakarma[viswa brahmin] is the term used in India for a caste

Caste

Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...

 of priests, engineers, architects, sculptors, temple builders and artists. The term is applied to five sub-castes; blacksmiths, carpenters, coppersmiths, goldsmiths and sculptors. They connect themselves as Pancha janas of vedic period [Rathakara, Karmakara, Thakshaka, Kumbhakara,and NishadaSthapathies] and worshiping various forms of Visvakarman, i.e., Twostar, Daksha prajapathy, Takshaka and Maya and Rhibhus etc.
The community is spread widely throughout India and played a vital role in the village economy.