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Kalpana Iyer, model and actress who became runner-up at Miss India 1978 and Miss World 1978 beauty pageant where she was a top 15 semi-finalist. [ 104 ] Nethra Raghuraman , Indian model who won Femina Magazine Look of the Year contest 1997.
Brahmin Gotra (Sanskrit ब्राह्मण गोत्र) is an exogamous unit used to denote the paternal lineage of individuals belonging to the Brahmin in the Hindu Varna system. [1] [page needed] In Hindu culture, the Brahmin considered to be one of the four major social classes of the Varna system. [2]
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 ...
Kulin Brahmin surnames (5 P) M. Malayalam-language surnames (4 P) ... Pages in category "Surnames of Indian origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out ...
Brahmin (/ ˈ b r ɑː m ɪ n /; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण, romanized: brāhmaṇa) is a varna within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya , Vaishya and Shudra .
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 ...
Rath, Ratha or Rathasharma (Odia: ରଥ, ରଥଶର୍ମା, Sanskrit: रथ, रथशर्मा) people are Utkala Brahmins having Atreya or Krishnatreya gotra. They belong to the Utkaliya Brahmin group of Northern India Panch Gauda Brahmins. Among other Brahmin communities they hold high social status as learned scholars. Others took ...
Mohyal Brahmins are an Indian sub-caste of Saraswat Brahmins from the Punjab region. [1] A sub-group of the Punjabi Hindu community, Mohyal caste comprises seven clans named Bali , Bhimwal , Chhibber , Datt , Lau , Mohan and Vaid .