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Deshastha Brahmin surnames are derived by adding the suffix kar or e to the village from which the family originally hailed. [1] For example, Akhegaonkar came from the village Akhegaon, Bidkar came from the town of Bid, Jugade came from the village Jugad, Mulik came from district Muluk and some links say Mulikwadi from Konkan area,Yadwadkar came from Yadwad Nagpurkar comes from the city Nagpur ...
Deshastha Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and North Karnataka. [5] Other than these states, according to authors K. S. Singh, Gregory Naik and Pran Nath Chopra, Deshastha Brahmins are also concentrated in the states of Telangana [6] [1] (which was earlier part of Hyderabad State and Berar Division), Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh (Which was ...
Deshastha Brahmins form a major sub-caste of Brahmins in states of Maharashtra and North Karnataka in India. They are also found in sizeable number in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. The following is the list of notables from the community.
Deshastha Brahmins are a branch of Marathi Brahmins who lived in surrounding Kannada and Telugu districts as well. His great grandfather Narhar Shastri migrated from Kandakurthi , Nizamabad district in present-day Telangana to Nagpur.
As literacy was an essential qualification for the work, the office was generally occupied by literate classes such as brahmins. [12] The deshmukhs and Deshpandes had hereditary lands liable to low rates of land revenues. For deshpande's apart from the collection of land revenue, there was a little outside control over the affairs of the ...
Kulkarni is a surname common amongst Marathi Brahmins. The name “Kulkarni” is native to the Indian state of Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka. “Kulkarni” is a combination of two words (kula and karni). Kula means "family", and Karanika means "archivist". Historically, Kulkarni was the title given to the village record keeper. [1]
Yajurvedi is an Indian surname used by Yajurvedi Brahmins, meaning versed in Yajurveda. [1] It is one of the two major sub-sects among Deshastha Brahmins . [ 2 ] Similarly there are Rigvedi (one who knows Rigveda ).
Gadkari is a Brahmin surname native to the Indian state of Maharashtra. Gadkari surname is found among the Hindu CKP [ 1 ] and Deshastha Brahmin [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] communities. [ 5 ]