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  2. List of Brahmins - Wikipedia

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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. [ 105 ] Nethra Raghuraman , Indian model who won Femina Magazine Look of the Year contest 1997.

  3. Deshastha Brahmin surnames - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. List of Deshastha Brahmins - Wikipedia

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    S.V.Narayanaswamy Rao - Founder of Sree Ramaseva Mandali the organiser of Annual Sree Ramanavami Music Festival at Bengaluru was a pious Desastha Madhwa Brahmin. A violinist himself, S.V.N Rao was instrumental in grooming many prominent artistes of today.

  5. Ganguly (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Ganguly (Bengali: গাঙ্গুলী), also known as Ganguli, Ganguly, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay is a native Bengali surname that is used by Kulin Brahmin group of the Bengali Brahmin caste. The traditional Bengali version of this surname is Gangopadhyay(a) or Gônggopaddhae.

  6. Indian name - Wikipedia

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    Odia names follow the First name – Middle name – Surname or First name – Surname pattern. Odia surnames come from caste based on human occupation. For example, the common surnames Kar, Mohapatra, and Dash (as opposed to Das) are Brahmin surnames. Similarly, Mishra, Nanda, Rath, Satpathy, Panda, Panigrahi, and Tripathy are all Brahmin ...

  7. Nambudiri - Wikipedia

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    A traditional Nambudiri Mana 1883 sketch depicting a Nambūdiri man with the traditional pūrvaśikhā, or forelock. The Nambudiri (Malayalam pronunciation: [n̪ɐmbuːd̪iɾi]), also transliterated as Nampoothiri, Nambūdiri, Namboodiri, Namboothiri and Nampūtiri, are a Malayali Brahmin caste, native to what is now the state of Kerala, India, where they constituted part of the traditional ...

  8. Hebbar - Wikipedia

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    Hebbar is a Hindu surname from Karnataka in India. It is found amongst various Brahmin communities, including Chitpavan Brahmins , Deshastha Brahmins , Havyaka Brahmins , Kota Brahmins , Panchagrama Brahmins , Shivalli Brahmins , Tuluva Hebbars , Sthanika Brahminss , Smartha Brahmins and Hebbar Iyengars .

  9. Pandit (surname) - Wikipedia

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    (Top) 1 Usage. 2 Film. 3 Sports. 4 Other. 5 See also. 6 References. 7 Sources. Toggle the table of contents. ... Pandit or Pandith is an Indian and Nepalese Brahmin ...