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Traditionally, Brahmins are accorded the highest ritual status of the four social classes, [8] and they also served as spiritual teachers (guru or acharya). In practice, Indian texts suggest that some Brahmins historically also became agriculturalists, warriors, traders, and had also held other occupations in the Indian subcontinent. [7] [8] [9]
Parivrajaka Dynasty ruled parts of central India during the 5th and 6th centuries. The kings of this dynasty bore the title Maharaja, and probably ruled as feudatories of the Gupta Empire. The royal family came from a lineage of Brahmins of Bharadwaj Gotra. [10] Patwardhan Dynasty was an Indian dynasty established by the Chitpavan Brahmin ...
Varāha or Mihira, was an ancient Indian astrologer, astronomer, and polymath who lived in Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh, India). He was born at Kapitba in a Brahmin family, [119] Basava, 12th-century Indian statesman, philosopher, poet, social reformer and Lingayat saint. Basava Jayanthi is celebrated after him [120]
Lastly, some Brahmin groups from northern India believe that the caste is descended from eight saints in the Vedic age; the Saptarishi as described in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and Agastya, another revered Brahmin saint from the Vedic age. [23] Therefore, amongst these peoples, there are eight major Brahmin Gotras.
N. Vittal (1938 – 2023) was an Indian civil servant who held a number of senior positions in the Government of India, most prominently that of central vigilance commissioner. Dwarakish (1942 – 2024) was an Indian actor, comedian, director and producer who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema in addition to few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.
Saraswats Brahmins are classified under the Pancha Gauda Brahmin classification of the Brahmin community in India. [3]In Western and South India, along with the Chitpavan, Karhades (including Padhyes, Bhatt Prabhus), and Konkani-speaking Saraswat Brahmins are referred to as Konkani Brahmins, which denotes those Brahmin sub-castes of the Konkan coast which have a regional significance in ...
Pages in category "Brahmin communities of India" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The earliest historical evidence of settlement of Brahmins in Assam comes from epigraphic sources of the Varman dynasty (350–650). [6] In the late medieval period beginning with the early 16th century, a number of Brahmins from Mithila, Benaras, Kanauj, Bengal and Puri (Srikshetra), were settled in western Assam by the Koch kings for performing Brahminical rites.