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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 ...
A list of the Audichya Sashtra Brahmin community's Gotras and Pravaras, written in the Gujrati script. The seven major Brahmin Gotras take the names of the saints whose lineages they represent: Shandilya, Jamadagni, Upreti, Gautama, Atri, Vasishta and Kashyapa. [18] Over time however, as the Brahmin caste expanded, several more Brahmin Gotras ...
Chaube Jagirs were a group of five feudatory princely states of central India during the period of the British Raj, which were ruled by different branches of Brahmin families. Darbhanga Raj of Mithila, Bihar - ruled by Maithil Brahmins; Dighapatia Raj of Bengal - ruled by Roy lineage - (Varendra Brahmins)
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.
Banabhatta wrote India's first novel and was a poet in King Harsha's court [240] Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian Poet who wrote India's national song Vande Matram [241] [242] D. R. Bendre [243] Garimella Satyanarayana, Telugu poet and freedom fighter [244] Gopalakrishna Adiga, Kannada poet who is known as "Pioneer of New style" poetry [245]
Kulin Brahmins trace their ancestry to five families of Kanyakubja Brahmins who migrated to Bengal. [14] [19] In the 11th century CE, after the decline of the Pala dynasty, a Hindu king, Adi Sura, brought in five Brahmins and their five attendants from Kannauj, his purpose being to provide education for the Brahmins already in the area, whom he thought to be ignorant, and to revive traditional ...
Kannada Brahmins or Carnatic Brahmins are Kannada-speaking Brahmins, primarily living in Karnataka, and also present in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They belong to one of three traditions: Smartism , Sadh Vaishnavism ( Madhva Sampradaya ), and Sri Vaishnavism , and are followers of Adi Shankara ...