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Pages in category "Brahmin communities of India" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
According to a hymn in Mandala 10, Rigveda 10.90.11-2, Brahmins are described as having emerged from the mouth of Purusha, being that part of the body from which words emerge. [ 19 ] The Purusha Sukta varna verse is now generally considered to have been inserted at a later date into the Vedic text, possibly as a charter myth . [ 20 ]
Brahmin communities of India (17 C, ... The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent ... (caste) Pushpaka Brahmin; R ...
Brahmin Sub-Cast In Office Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan [351] [352] 5 September 1888 17 April 1975 Niyogi Brahmin: Second President (13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967) V. V. Giri [353] 10 August 1894 24 June 1980 Niyogi Brahmin: fourth president. 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. Ramaswamy Venkataraman [354] 4 December 1910 27 January 2009 Iyer Brahmin ...
Bairagi Brahmin or Vaishnav Bairagi or Vaishnav Brahmin is a Hindu caste. They are Hindu priests . They are sedentary rasik (temple dwelling or temple priest) Brahmin members of the Vaishnava sampradayas , especially the Ramanandi Sampradaya . [ 2 ]
In modern times the Maharashtrian brahmin and CKP communities of Indore dominated the RSS and Bharatiya Janasangh (the forerunner of the BJP). [5] Brahmins are about 8-10% of the total population of Maharashtra. [6] Among Maharashtrian Brahmins, almost 60 per cent (three-fifth) are Deshastha Brahmins and 20 per cent (one-fifth) are Chitpavan ...
Claude Markovits, a French historian of colonial India, writes that Hindu society in north and west India (Sindh), in late 18th century and much of 19th century, lacked a proper caste system, their religious identities were fluid (a combination of Saivism, Vaisnavism, Sikhism), and the Brahmins were not the widespread priestly group (but the ...
Tyagi, originally called Taga, is a cultivator caste who claim Brahmin status. [1] The landholding community is confined to Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan. They are often considered the highest of the agricultural castes. [2] During the British Raj, they changed their name from Taga to Tyagi, and began claiming Brahmin ...