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...Utkal Brahmins : Research & Encyclopedia Utkal means that are best in art and those who were Brahman by caste and best in art were known as Utkala Brahman. Now UtkalaBrahmans are found in odisha and its neighboring states borderli...

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...history of utkal brahmins origin of utkal brahmins Mukti Mandap of Jagannath temple, the seat of learnedUtkala Brahmans Composition of Utkala Brahmin/Brahman Classification of Utkala Brahmans Gotra of Utkala Brahmans Shakha of Utkala Br...

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...load-PDF SEO M o n d a y , 2 1 A p r i l 2 0 0 8 ݵހޝދގނޝݾ ބݧޝݶUtkala Brahmin : उ UTKAL BRAHMAN:- Utkal Brahmins/Brahman: - Research & Encycloped... ...engal in the east and its focal point was Utkalakingdom. History of Utkala Brahmins/Brahman:- In India there are four abodes of God widely known as Ch... ...ބݧޝݶउ ݕݶޓހޝފ ބݧޝݶउ ݔގݺގވޗݸ ݲޝމޗނޝވ ݶނގݿ ݔގݵގމޝނއް ޗބݶސދހ ݶޏޝފގݺ ݕޛވޗݸUtkal Brahmin occupy 9% of the total Oriya Speakingpopulation of Odisha, beside t... ...n occupy considerable percentage of thetotal population of district.Utkala Brahmins are responsible for priestly and relatedfunctions at the Jagannath... ...orm for salvation or congregation hallof the holy seat of selected learned Brahmins) is situated at thesouthern side of the Jagannath temple of Puri. ... ...ants to win election at any cost, electionwinning has been their main aim. Communities which havemaximum and more united and skilled population will g...

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...rch scholars. The book exposes in detail the vicious blood libel perpetrated by Christians against Hindus for centuries, that a Hindu king and his Brahmin priests murdered Apostle Thomas on a hilltop in south Madras, and the unconscionable support for this libel by India’s mainstream secular media. A chapter in the book documents the pronounced pro-Christian bias of ...

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...nduism - Swami Tapasyananda ... 207 Part Five ▫ St. Thomas And Caste - Ishwar Sharan ... 217 ▫ St. Thomas And Anti-Brahminism - Koenraad Elst ... 225 ▫ Christian Churches Threaten Dalit Rights - Leela Tampi ... 233 ▫ How Casteless Muslims And Christians Obtain Benefits Meant For Caste Hindus - Vigi...

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...rt Five ▫ St. Thomas And Caste - Ishwar Sharan ... 217 ▫ St. Thomas And Anti-Brahminism - Koenraad Elst ... 225 ▫ Christian Churches Threaten Dali... ...t to India” from outside. As a matter ofdetail, St. Paul reported on Christian communities living in Greece, Romeand Spain in the 40s AD, while St. Th... ...ttled in South India came about as amistake, the claim that he was martyred by Brahmins was always adeliberate lie, playing upon a possible confusion ... ...tionary” casteHindus. Thomas is murdered on a hilltop near Madras by a jealous Brahminpriest and Jesus is stoned and driven from the country by a mob―... ...r surviving the Crucifixion.2The first objective of these stories is to vilify Brahmins and malign theHindu religion and community. The second objecti... ...ers try to make him into a firstcentury king called Mahadev or Mahadevan, or a Brahmin priest called Mahanof Mylapore, but the Acts does not support s... ... the same meaning―“borntwin”―and were common names in the Christian and Muslim communities ofIndia and West Asia. 74 8Bishop Giova... ...omas or something else―ever visited South India or Ceylon andfounded Christian communities there.” 81And Rev. J. Hough, in Ch... ... 129 129 22Most ethnic and religious communities localise their myths of origin whenthey migrate to new land...

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...re is no advocacy whatsoever on their part that the much evolved Shudras that abound in the intellectual arena of the day should be absorbed into the Brahmin social fold? Moreover, have not many of the twice-born, who by their unbecoming conduct, having become Shudras (as per their interpretation) are fit to be shunted out of the Brahmanical arena, but is there any move in...

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...he Bible, and the Quran that seek to inculcate unityamongst the respective communities.The sore point to those at the rough-end-of-the-caste-stick in ... ...hat aboundin the intellectual arena of the day should be absorbed into the Brahmin social fold?Moreover, have not many of the twice-born, who by their... ...manqualities and mundane activates of the people of the four castes as –Of Brahmins, at the apex of the caste pyramid - Tranquility, restraint, auster... ...y for those with thequalities of Shudras. (V44)Note: Unlike in the case of Brahmins and Kshatriyas, the (human) qualities of Vaishyas andShudras are n... ...hyself (Ch 6 v5).That being the case, how could Krishna have branded every Brahmin as virtuous and taggedall the Kshatriyas as valourous?More damningl... ...glory –in v34 of the very next chapter i.e. Ch 10?Whatever, if as implied, Brahmin and Kshatriya women (no exemption to them as they areclubbed with V...

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...nolithic. The coexistence without coalescence of numerous castes could facilitate a polycentric social order in which power was diffused in the local communities. ...

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...ion that man might glorify him in diverse modes, all having the same end and being equally acceptable in his spirit.” [Statement made by the learned Brahmin pundits and recorded by the Rev. C.T.E. Rhenius in the ‘Preface to the Code of Hindu Laws’ commissioned by Warren Hastings] “The genius of Indian social life lies in living together separately.” Humayun Kabir (at ...

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...ould facilitate a polycentric social order in which powerwas diffused in the local communities. Politics and government found littlesalience in this c... ...end and being equally acceptable in his spirit.” [Statement made by the learned Brahmin pundits and recorded by theRev. C.T.E. Rhenius in the ‘Pref... ..., ofa bewildering network of rigidly regimented, mutually exclusive, closedgenetic communities. The massive pluralism has always been at the macroleve... ...s been soopenly acknowledged and proudly proclaimed by every one of theconstituent communities, high and low. Caste is ascriptive genetic identity,ind... ...ach of its constituents. The macropluralism too would not charge back to the micro communities; it was apluralism geared to safeguard the plurality of... ...periodic collection of taxes, a glorifiedversion in a manner of danegeld, that the communities paid to insure theirautonomy, as it were. Euro-centr... ...inance. The ascriptivehereditary purity alone seemed to have closed entry into the Brahmin casteby others. It is a moot point whether there is a po...

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... original to the readers. As English is an international language, translation in English means my grandmother’s life history is not just confined to communities speaking the Nepalese language but can reach English-speaking communities throughout the world. -Kanchanjunga Prasai, Ph.D....

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...ned tocommunities speaking Nepalese language but can reachEnglish-speaking communities throughout the world. In the end, I would like to sincerely t... ...will not be a lie to say that she has gonethrough a harsh roller coaster." Brahmins (a priestly class)and Kshatriyas (a warrior race) societies during... ...he lady who was washed away by the river was a daughterof the Bhandaris (a Brahmin) and her name was Dev Kala. Mygreat-grandfather could not just leav... ...ents donated Soyambho khet (acultivated piece of land named Soyambho) to a Brahmin. Also,after he was born, a Shivalaya resembling the Pasupatinathtem... ... former.Before the two schools merged, the school in our village wascalled Brahmin school and the school in the next village wascalled Limbu (a Kirat ... ...in EasternNepal) school. But after the two schools merged, the disputeover Brahmin and Limbu schools disappeared.40 • My Mother Bhagiratha Prasai My...

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...he ritual rights and duties it gives andimposes, and the position of the Brahmins, is thefundamental institution of Hinduism. Before everythingelse... ...follows the fourfold varna structure. Atthe head of the hierarchy come the Brahmins (priestlyclass), Kshatriyas (warriors), Vaishyas (merchants andart... ... who live in the air, in the forest and in villages. His mouth was the Brahmins, his arms were made into the Kshatriyas, his thighs became the ... ...them were even made unseeables such as the Nadarand Pudharai Vannars. The Brahmins created this idea of untouchability inorder to protect themselves ... ...ly suppresses the Dalits and the Sudras fromreaching their true potential. Brahmins are considered‘intellectual’ and they use their superiority to snu... ...in a rural area (where majority of thestudents are from Dalit and backward communities) is farlow in standard when compared to the education given inp... ... technology, etc. She spokeabout the cultural richness of these subjugated communitiesand how the Brahmins appropriated it. In institutes of higher e... ... Brahmins,there will be drastic change not only in the lives ofdowntrodden communities but also positively reflect on thenation’s progress. Systems of... ...atest sections of dropouts in school education are fromthe Dalit and Sudra communities. Majority of the Dalits andSudras who live below the poverty li...

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...es an observation between the comforts enjoyed by a few upper castes and Brahmins and the poor social conditions under which the OBC/SC/ST, thri... ...hief Justices and Judges of the nation who belong to the upper castes or Brahmins; they are the justice contemplated by the socio politicians(i.e.... ... their only reason being based on the caste by birth i.e. largely ‘non Brahmins’. A non Brahmin cannot sit with a Brahmin in a dining hall and d... ...government is to help the OBC from being socially discriminated by the Brahmins claims the experts.5. Social Tolerance: By the term social tolera... ...nce that is why we have so long tolerated all the atrocities done by the Brahmins on us like denying us education, denial of right to walk in the ... ...esD2 - doctors belonging to OBCD3 - doctors belonging to Brahmin communities/upper castesD4 - doctors from minority religionsD5... ...rs from upper castes and BrahminsP4 - Political leaders from minority communitiesWe do not accept passive political leaders for they cannot stayn... ...vernment needs to step into this; OBC or other BackwardClasses or Backward Communities other than Scheduled castesand Scheduled Tribes. These were mos... ...arna hierarchy: below the dwija or the twice bornbut above the untouchable communities. But not all sudras arerecognized as OBC’s… All upper castes ...

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...eir profound cultural wisdom has primarily faded, leading to a disheartening void in our understanding of ancient knowledge. The plight of the tribal communities in the land nurtured by their toil and sacrifice is a cause for concern. Neglecting the valuable contributions of these tribal communities in the name of progress leaves us incomplete. Through a thorough anthro...

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...oid in our understanding of ancientknowledge. The plight of the indigenous communitiesin the land nurtured by their toil and sacrifice is acause for c... ...ause for concern. Neglecting the valuablecontributions of these indigenous communities in thename of progress leaves us incomplete. Through a thorou... ...ording to the Markandeya Purana. Many ofthese Kirats belonged to civilized communities(Chemjong, 2003a). Historian Chemjong suggests that the Kirat ... ...turalattachment. Also, those who can sing folk or modern songsfrom other communities cannot sing Palam in itsoriginal form. Palam singing has this u... ...e establishment of Nepal. They may or may notaccept the Hindu Varnashrama (Brahmin, Kshatriya,Kirat Limbu Culture – Anthropological Investigation – Dr... ...ba 181Sanatan philosophy were later named Hinduism byArya, especially the Brahmin Arya. Sanskrit literaturehas a significant role in this work (Danie... ...ienttimes, Kirat ancestors should be considered Hindus.However, Vaishnava, Brahmin literature, Upanishads,and Sanskrit literature got a place in Sanat... ...ature got a place in Sanatan Dharmaover time. There was a caste system and Brahmindominance. Classical philosophy and casteismbecame a part of Hinduis... ...f Shaivism, i.e., Sanatan Dharma. There isno discrimination like caste and Brahmin dominance. However, in the name of the caste system, KiratLimbu i...

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... developed into twelve castes. Among them, Brahmins claim their superiority. Then others began to o... ...ty. Then others began to occupy their places just below Brahmins. Thus unfortunately, the actual caste of the mo... ... century to 19th century the upper classdisciples… ill-treat (Brahmins) people in Kerala didn’t allow theand exploit… in the low... ...he fovour of God one should donate cow, land or gold to Brahmins, the low class people should keep themselves 32... ... people should keep themselves 32 feet away from a Brahmin, if they find a Brahmin on their way.Harbour Mussri : In... ...ral Kerala became Christians.At that time… : The backward communities who convertedshouldn’t Give … themselves later...

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...ral, multi-religious, multi-lingual,pluralistic and mosaic society. Ethnic communities have their distincthealing practices. It has been widely felt t... ...n widely felt that access to modern medicationin rural as well as in urban communities is very low; despite the service,outlets have been made availab... ...t in the forestsor purchase from practitioners or shops. There are many communities, strata of society or groups of peopleand Indigenous people who... ...onducted in consultation with, andfor the benefit of indigenous people and communities (Daes, 1996). The world women's conference -1995 held in Bei... ...ailable indigenous and modern nutrition and public healthservices in rural communities (Shrestha, 1986). Over the last decade, many developing nati... ...erence between the Dhamiand Jhakris. Most importantly, the Dhami belong to Brahmin, Jaisi orChhetri castes, whereas Jhakris do not belong to such twic...

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...rminate because intheir opinion the Vedas itself was a trick to ruin the non-Brahmins and elevate the Brahmins. They pointed out that theVedic Mathema... ... friends and punished them. They unduly scolded the Christian boys and non-Brahmin friends who had dark complexion. Discrimination was explicit.” S... ...omposition of the students was heterogeneous:that is, it was drawn from both Brahmins and non-Brahmins.Some Christian students had remarked that it wa... ...n) R6 - Hindutva imposition through Vedic Mathematics R7 - Imposition of Brahminism and caste systems R8 - Training young minds in religion with... ...apter on observations. A few factors worthmentioning are :1. Most of the non-Brahmin parents felt their child was ill- treated in Vedic Mathematics c... ...s, NGO representatives, religiousleaders especially from the Indian minority communities ofChristianity and Islam and so on. Most of them did not boas...

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... text- books. Similar things are going on in the communal side also, with almost all communities trying to claim ancient links to ... ...sically connected to the fact that they were considered to beOnePageBack low caste by the Brahmins, Varmas, and Nair of Travancore area, and also... ...icated stature, the kind of persons I have not seen in other castes including Nairs, Brahmins or Ezhavas. The persons were basical... ...d even before that there was a lot of col- leges being set up in the South, with all communities competing in this; NSS. SNDP, the vari- ... ...more can be discerned on per- sons of all castes, not only Thiyyas, but also Pulaya, Brahmin, and Nair etc. if they are allowed to... ... that Thiyyas are different not only from Ezhavas, but also from Nairs, Pulayas, and Brahmins. For, it is pertinently evident that... ...appear. At present the law forbids the calling a Pulaya a Pulaya; yet one can call a Brahmin a Brahmin and there is no problem. If Pulayas h... ... Mangalore, there would be the need to again pass on all southern experiences to the communities living there. It is at all not re... ...I am representing any community. I wrote my impres- sions as I saw it happen. As for communities, I think it is time to think beyond narrow ...

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... was a contribution of Parasurama to the first groupof people he brought in as Brahmins. I find a contention in this book that theseBrahmins were late... ... I find a contention in this book that theseBrahmins were later made devoid of Brahminship. However as of now, Brahmins are not mentioned as conne... ...o onlythe Brahmanical classes and their appendages. In the case of some of the Brahminclasses, their claims might even be flimsy. The subcontinent... ... would not be given by a person who wrote theabove is a mention that Dikshitar Brahmin ‘in appearance somewhat resemble theNayars or Tiyans of Malabar... ...igher education. By bloodline, Nairs are directly connected to some of the Brahmin class.This is due to the fact, that Brahmin males were allowed ... ...erquisite of the married members thereof. It may be noted that, in village communities, lands were granted not only to thebarber, but also to vill... ...ourished in considerable numbers. In the case of large exogamousbut high-caste communities like the Kshatriyas of Malabar, Brahmin husbands werenatura...

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...o not punish the child for sharing these memories.Among Buddhist and Hindu communities, there is a greater openness to theidea of reincarnation, while... ...piritual healing has had alasting impact on both the medical and spiritual communities. His ability tobridge the gap between conventional medicine and... ...hy, he repliedthat she was not his real mother and that he belonged to the Brahmin caste.Brahmins are high-status families in India. The following day... ...ous life since when he was 2and half years old, claiming he had lived as a Brahmin boy named Som Dutt,who died in 1937 in the village of Sikarpur, Ind... ...able Statements Made by Veer Singh:- "I am not your son. I am the son of a Brahmin of Sikarpur."- "My father’s name is Laxmi Chand."- "I have a brothe... ...rpur in 1933 toa man named Laxmi Chand. Som Dutt was the second child in a Brahminfamily, which included his older brother Vishnu Dutt , as well as tw... ...l tree, he came to be reincarnated in alower-caste family (Jat rather than Brahmin) in a neighboring village.”(Stevenson, 1975)“He knew that the famil... ...g reincarnation cases from Africa,captivating both the public and academic communities.(143)Indian Sunita Singh reincarnationcase:Dr. Ian Stevenson, P... ...owlands, mountainousareas, and dry lands. They spanned different religious communities: 57 were(228)from Buddhist families, four from Christian famili...

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...o not punish the child forsharing these memories. Among Buddhist and Hindu communities,there is a greater openness to the idea of reincarnation, while... ...piritual healing hashad a lasting impact on both the medical and spiritual communities.His ability to bridge the gap between conventional medicine and... ...hy, he replied that she was not his realmother and that he belonged to the Brahmin caste. Brahmins arehigh-status families in India. The following day... ...ous life since when hewas 2 and half years old, claiming he had lived as a Brahmin boy(127)named Som Dutt, who died in 1937 in the village of Sikarpur... ...able Statements Made by Veer Singh:- "I am not your son. I am the son of a Brahmin of Sikarpur."- "My father’s name is Laxmi Chand."- "I have a brothe... ...arpur in1933 to a man named Laxmi Chand. Som Dutt was the second child ina Brahmin family, which included his older brother Vishnu Dutt , aswell as tw... ...l tree, he came to be reincarnated ina lower-caste family (Jat rather than Brahmin) in a neighboringvillage.” (Stevenson, 1975)“He knew that the famil... ...g reincarnation cases from Africa, captivating both thepublic and academic communities.Indian Sunita Singh reincarnationcase:Dr. Ian Stevenson, Profes... ...sting a possible case ofreincarnation, has captured the attention of local communities andmedia alike.Aryan was born in Mainpuri district to a woman n...

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...S of SOUTHERN INDIA by EDGAR THURSTON Fifth is a picture of Brahmins of the same time and area. . Pictures from CAS... ... etc. (and who populate the majority Christians of Malabar settler communities), 6. the lower castes who were more or less enslaved and ... ...‘Dwaja Pratishtas’ and other ceremonies specially connected with Brahminical worship. This discussion should include the fact that... ...ing’s family had such links with certain households. At the same time, the Brahmin males could sleep with the Nair (Shudra) females. It was not s... ...an imposition, but as a great privilege to be such entertained by the Brahminical classes. See these quotes: 1. “The heirs of the... ...ore, their chiefs resolved upon marshalling a large number of foreign Brahmin settlers in the vanguard of their fighting men to deter the Ma... ... they will .............................. suppress the Brahmanical communities,..................................... get low caste people to i... ...he subject of the upper cloth.” 11. In December 1858 A.D., the two communities had assumed hostile positions against each other and ... ...insect is black with a broad yellow band on the abdomen. They form vast communities and are very dangerous if disturbed. The next tribe ...

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...ime of the BuddhaKassapa was still an ordinary human being. Jotipāla was a Brahminyouth who, against his will, was brought to listen to the BuddhaKass... ...ollowing the 5and 8 rules of discipline. He honoured parents, ascetics and Brahminsand the head of the clan. He lived for the happiness of the many, a... ... conduct, observance of fasts, inhonouring father and mother, ascetics and Brahmins and the head ofthe clan, and in various other proper activities. H... ...om within or without,from greed, hatred or delusion, nor by any ascetic or Brahmin, anydeva, māra or Brahmā, or any being in the world. Peerless, neve... ... effect that Bodhisattas must bemale throughout their careers. The ancient brahmin attitude towardswomen was that women are subordinate to men and nun... ...nisation of castes, the rituals,festivals, customs and usages of different communities and groups ofpeople, the economy, etc.[201] The sources of the ...

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...system, asit is commonly called, came to be in itspresent form. the ancient Hindu scrip-tures describe four non-hereditary castes:brahmin, kshatriya, ... ...ility for untouchability upon Hindu codes national campaign against discrimination the “twice born,” including the brahmins, “custo... ...ernment of Nepal, enumerates the traditional occupations of the Dalit communities. the Dal... ...s later and faced comprise 44 percent of all Dalits and 5.2stitution punishes such offenders of social even greater pressure. the brahmin com- percent... ...e distinction with them. a convert from are tailors who sew clothes. they are thebrahmin caste, was in love with a Dalit girl the brahmin caste thinks... ... en co-opted into prostitution. One Badi el- ers. the Halkhor, the lowest Hindu group renewed each year. priest, as well as brahmin der explaine... ... mar worship ravidas. in the terai region within their community and called “pundit.” and non-Dalit communities. ofte... ... with how to use all of this equip- the tsunami relief, phase one started twenty I think world communities need to ... ...s a real, living being.the elephant-faced God, gifted by my aadheenam to the born community sought guidance andHindu communities, conferr...

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...Varna system, the Indiansociety was stratified on the basis of castes i.e. Brahmin,Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra (with lowest caste being Dalit).The D... ...or documenting the process ofempowerment of the marginalised and oppressed communitiesin grassroots of India. As a result, the book entitled, Marginst... ...menting the process of empowerment of marginalised andoppressed groups and communities at the grassroots in India.It has traced and recorded consisten... ...abuse, oppression, exclusion andmarginalisation of individuals, groups and communities. In the evolution of human civilisations, with time, socialfac... ...re well-being. Social workers work with individuals, groups,communities and institutions, do counselling, facilitateprobl... ...to ensure equal opportunities. For this, attack is necessary onthe feudal, Brahminical and patriarchal social structure. InIndia, caste system is not ... ...c. Indian Hindu society istraditionally stratified into caste system where Brahmins(priests and educators), Kshatriya (warriors) and Vaishya(traders) ... ...rity, hisstatus would remain low based on his caste hierarchy andeven if a Brahmin is poor, he deserves utmost respect andreverence. Social distance i... ...a, Ayer, Shivrampur, Sakara, Anei andothers villages. Predominantly, while Brahmins and Thakursform the upper caste and Mushar, Chamar, Rajbhar, Nat a...

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....wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhivadaye, gives (male) lineageand Veda branch among Hindu Brahmins (like me).The Abhivadanam for my family was conveyed by an el... ...he traditional name given to me was Suryanarayanan and Ihad to use that name in Brahmin functions that I participatedin, but I was called Ravi at home... ...ty, best known as theancestor of the Kshatriya lineage, Harita gotra.Although a Brahmin lineage, this gotra is descended fromKshatriya prince of the S... ...so belonged tosolar line. The first notable king of the dynasty was Ikshvaku....Brahmins of the Harita gotra trace their lineage to theeponymous princ... ...mins of the Harita gotra trace their lineage to theeponymous prince. While most Brahmins claim to bedescended from ancient sages, those of the Harita ... ...cs. I am not sure but I thinkthere was some resistance from one or bothfamilies/communities. I think the couple later settled down inthe USA, not surp... ...not one sannyasi/sannyasini in the entireSathya Sai official and splinter group communities inDombivli. Though there were a very few bachelor and spin... ...tivities. But they expected to hear this kind of stufffrom rural and semi-urban communities like the Varkaricommunity(followers of Maharashtra's Bhakt... ...ole, of India. I think the samewould be the case for Muslim, Christian and Jain communitiesin India. I do not know enough about other religiouscommuni...