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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 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 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.
Hedgewar was born on 1 April 1889 in a Marathi [5] [6] [7] Deshastha Brahmin family in Nagpur, Maharashtra. [8] [9] [10] [11] Hedgewar is a Marathi Deshastha Brahmin ...
He was born at Kapitba in a Brahmin family, [119] Basava, 12th-century Indian statesman, philosopher, ... List of Deshastha Brahmins; List of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins;
She was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint. [1] [2] [3] She wrote forty-one abhangs throughout her ...
Narayan Shripad Rajhans was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family to Shripad Rajhans and his wife Annapurnabai Rajhans. [4] He was born in the Nagthane village of Palus taluka of Sangli district in what is now the state of Maharashtra. Bal Gandharva married twice.
Deshpande surname is found among the Deshastha Brahmins, [2] [3] [4] Gaud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB) [5] and the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhus . [6] Etymology.