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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 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 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 ...
Rigvedi (also called Rugvedi) is an Indian surname used by Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin community, meaning versed in Rigveda. [1] [2] It is one of the two major sub-sects among Deshastha Brahmins. [3] [4] [5] Similarly there are Yajurvedi (one who knows Yajurveda). [6]
Mahajan is an Indian surname and caste that belongs to the Hindu Vaishya Baniya ... (i.e. Maharashtra, Telangana, and north Karnataka) are mainly Deshastha Brahmin, ...
Deshpande is a surname native to the Indian states of Karnataka, and Maharashtra. [1] The surname can be also found in some parts of Himachal Pradesh. Deshpande surname is found among the Deshastha Brahmins, [2] [3] [4] Gaud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB) [5] and the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhus . [6]
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 ).
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 ...