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28 unusual facts about Brahmin


Adulis

A fourth century work traditionally (but probably incorrectly) ascribed to the writer Palladius of Galatia, relates the journey of an anonymous Egyptian lawyer (scholasticus) to India in order to investigate Brahmin philosophy.

Ammu Swaminathan

At 13, according to the Sambandam tradition then prevalent in her society, Ammu was given in marriage to Dr. Subbarama Swaminadhan, a kindly Brahmin gentleman.

Asit Krishna Mukherji

Asit Krishna Mukherji (1898-March 21, 1977) was a Bengali Brahmin with National Socialist convictions who published pro-Axis journals.

Babyji

Set in 1980s Delhi, India, it recounts the coming of age and the sexual adventures and fantasies of a 16-year-old bespectacled schoolgirl, the only child of a Brahmin family.

Friedrich Rückert

The most elaborate of his works is Die Weisheit des Brahmanen (The Wisdom of the Brahmins), published in six volumes from 1836 to 1839.

George Arundale

This was considered scandalous: Rukmini belonged to a Hindu Brahmin family orthodox enough to disapprove of Sriram's involvement with the Theosophists, whom they regarded as a bizarre quasi-Christian sect; there were considerations of race, religion and cultural background; and Rukmini was young enough to be Arundale's daughter, being twenty-six years younger than he was.

Gooroodas Banerjee

Vidyasagar had by this time become an object of attack by the orthodox Brahmins owing to his introduction of widow remarriage.

Gyan chauper

The Hindu version of the Gyan Chauper was more popular with the Brahmins.

Hindu priest

Traditionally, priests have come from the Brahmin class, although in various parts of India, people from other communities (such as Lingayats in parts of Karnataka) have performed the function.

Hugh Findlay

He studied the Marathi language and spent considerable time discussing religion with a group of Brahmin intellectuals.

Kamrup Ki Kahani

Set in Palashbari, Kamrup, Kamrup Ki Kahani divulges the story of an young Brahmin widow and society around her.

Korla Pandit

In 1944, he married Disney artist Beryl June DeBeeson, and the two reinvented his image, eventually replacing "Juan Rolando" with "Korla Pandit" and fabricating a romantic history for him as a baby born in New Delhi, India to a Brahmin priest and a French opera singer, who traveled from India via England, finally arriving in the United States.

Manbhatt

Manbhatt were Brahmin priests of Southern Gujarat narrating stories from the Puranas to the accompaniment of music played on copper-made water pitcher or arge globular metal pot (man) having a narrow mouth and bloated mid-part, used for beats of rhythmic beating time as required.

Pararaton

The prelude of Pararaton is followed by the meeting of Ken Arok with Lohgawe, a Brahmanian who came from India to make sure Batara Guru's instructions were fulfilled.

Parashu

He was one of the few Brahmin guru who were also masters of hand to hand combat.

Phyllanthus emblica

According to Hindu tradition, Adi Shankara of Kerala composed and recited the Kanakadhara stotram in praise of Mahalakshmi to make a poor Brahmin lady get wealth, in return for a single amla presented to him as bhiksha on an auspicious dwadashi day.

Prakash Chandra Pandey

He is born in a Brahmin family, in a small village of Devnai in the district of Almora.

Ramchandra Das Paramhans

He was born as Chandreshwar Tiwari into a prosperous Brahmin family in the Indian state of Bihar.

Ranjan Dash

Ranjan Dash was born in a Jhadua Brahmin family in Hillapalli village of Sambalpur district, Orissa in the year 1976 to parents Mrs Ambika Dash & Dr Benudhar Dash.

Sadyojat Shankarashram

He is the eleventh guru, in the long line of spiritual leaders of this Brahmin community.

Shobha Somnath Ki

In the book, Shobhna was a Balvidhva, Brahmin girl; her father Krishna Swami was one of the "adhikari" in the famous Somnath temple.

Sita

Ravana has come to her in the form of a Brahmin and Sita tells him that he doesn't look like one.

The Flower Duet

The duet takes place in act 1 of the three-act opera, between characters Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river.

Tividale Tirupathy Balaji Temple

It is an increasingly magnificent, well-appointed complex, very active with resident Brahmin priests; it is not necessary to be a Hindu to visit, but shoes are removed and photographing inside is not allowed.

Varina Tjon-A-Ten

Her paternal grandfather came from mainland China to Suriname, but she herself is a moksi watra (mixed blood): one of her great-grandmothers was a Brahmin Indian from British Guyana who married a Scot, and she also has Dutch and Jewish ancestry.

Virendra Sharma

He is a high caste Brahmin Hindu and is married with a grown-up son and daughter and three grandchildren.

Vishnu Raj Atreya

Atreya was born into a Brahmin family as the first son of Dev Raj Upadhayaya and Sharada Devi.

White Horse Pagoda, Dunhuang

Kumārajīva, a revered monk and translator, was born in the oasis city-state of Kucha, the son of a Kuchean princess and a Kashmiri Brahmin.


2006 Indian anti-reservation protests

In olden times, the castes which were considered high in the Hindu caste hierarchy i.e. Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, were well-educated and financially sound, while the lower castes i.e. Shudras, Dalits and Adivasis, were discriminated by the upper castes and denied education due to their low birth.

Abirami Pattar

Tirukkadaiyur has one of elegant Brahmin quarters near the temple called as agraharams established by the Maratha ruler Serfoji I, a great admirer of Brahmin poets and bards, in the early part of the 18th century.

Anasuya

A Brahmin named Kaushik from Pratishthaan used to visit a prostitute, in spite of being a Brahmin and having a devoted wife.

Anavil Brahmin

T surnames (family names) that are common to the Anavil Brahmin caste confirm this: Naik, Vashi, and Mehta all denote professionals in the Army or Royal Administration.

Anti-Brahminism

Tamil Nadu is home to one of the oldest anti-Brahmin movements in India.

Baliga

The Baliga surname is used by three major families in the Goud Saraswath Brahmin community: the Bantwal Baliga, Manjeshwar Baliga and Kallianpur Baliga.

Benegal Rama Rau

Married to Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, of Kashmiri Brahmin descent and a leader in the Indian women's rights movement who was the International President of Planned Parenthood, their younger daughter Santha Rama Rau became a travel writer, marrying and settling in the United States.

Bhadda Kapilani

Another time Kasyapa and Bhadda had been the brahmin parents of four sons who in the future were to be Gautama Buddha, Anuruddha, Sariputra and Mahamoggallana.

Bhagabati Temple, Banapur

On 22 October 2010 the temple opened again after consecration by a group of Brahmins from Govardhana matha, Puri.

Bhavni Bhavai

The film is dedicated to Bertolt Brecht, Goscinny and to the inventor of the Bhavai, Asait Thakore, who was a Brahmin outcast and lived among the lower caste communities.

Bijaya Dhananjaya Pur Sasan

King Dhananjay Bhanja (forefather of Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja) donated a small piece of land to a group of Brahmin so they could assist him in worshiping the deities of the kingdom, as well as to look after the medical needs of the community.

Chabutro

The Chabutaro is, therefore, usually found in villages dominated or established by Hindu, Kshatriya & Brahmin communities of Gujarat.

Dikshitar

Dīkshitars or Thillai Vazh Anthaanar are a Brahmin servitor community of Tamil Nadu who are based mainly in the town of Chidambaram.

Hastamalakacharya

The Mādhavīya Śaṃkaravijayam states that when Adi Shankara was at Kollur, he accepted invitations by brāhmaņas to have Bhikşa (alms or food) at their houses.

Idagunji Mahaganapathi Yakshagana Mandali

Keremane Shivarama Hegde was born in a Havyaka Brahmin family in Keremane in the Honnavar taluk of the Uttara Kannada district on 21 June 1908.

Ilayath

The leading role in the movie Chekavar, played by Indrajith (Ksahinathan Ilayath) is a practicing Ilayath Brahmin.

Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah

According to the Padachandrika, a commentary on the Amarakosha in Sanskrit, Brihaspati Mishra, a Brahmin from Kulingram (present-day Bardhaman district), was promoted by Sultan Jalaluddin to the position of the Sarvabhaumapandita (Court Scholar).

Kari Nayanar

Kari Nayanar was born in a vedic Brahmin family in Thirukkadaiyur, a coastal town located - 15 km north of Karaikal - on the east coast of Tamil Nadu, where there are Amritaghateswarar - Abirami Temple and the ancient Thirukkadaiyur Mayanam temple.

Khalsa Mahima

Guru Gobind Singh explains the role of the Saint Soldiers (Sant Sipahi) to the Hindu Brahmins.

Kingdom of Cochin

The Brahmin chief of Perumpadappu (Chitrakuda, Vannerinadu, Ponnani taluk) had married the sister of the last Later Chera king, Rama Varma Kulashekhara, and as a consequence obtained Mahodayapuram, and Thiruvanchikkulam Temple along with numerous other rights, such as that of the Mamankam festival.

Kottarakkulam Sree Mahaganapathy Kovil

The main priest-hold of this temple is run by Tamil Brahmin community of Kollam Corporation,consisting of 270 families.

Kulin Brahmins

Kulin Brahmins are those Brahmins in Bengal who can trace themselves to the five families of Kanauj (Kanyakubja), Uttar Pradesh who migrated to Bengal.They were given immense power during the reign of the Sena/Sen kings who were staunch Hindus and did not encourage the practice of any other religion.

Laroi

Laroi is a village that is home to many communities and castes such as Hindus, Brahmins, Sikh Jatts, Lubanas, Khatris, Adharmis and others.

Palwankar Baloo

The (high-caste) Brahmins in the Hindu side were against it, but some Telugu members argued for his inclusion, as did Captain Greig.

Pani

The first one says the great grammar pundit Pāṇini is the descendant of Pāṇis, and the other story is that a king of Kalinga conferred the title Pāṇi to Brahmins who could easily memorize all of the Vedas.

Pushpaka Brahmin

There are similar Brahmin communities found all over India: like Niyogi Brahmins of Andhra Pradesh, Chithpaavan Brahmins of Maharashtra, Bhumihars of Bihar, Mohyal of Punjab or Tyagis of West Uttar Pradesh.

Rinchan

The Hindu Brahmin Pandits did not accept Rinchin into Hinduism due to his race and ethnic origin.

Samaga

Samaga is surname used by some of the members of Shivalli Madhva brahmin community of Udupi and Dakshina districts of Karnataka state, India.

Shri Keshavraiji Temple, Bet Dwarka

Pushkarna Brahmin along with Bhatia devotees, mostly from Sindh, Rajasthan, Kutch, Gujarat and Punjab, visited Bet Dwarka to worship Lord Keshavraiji most often.

Shyamchi Aai

Shyamchi Aai is an autobiography of Sane Guruji belonging to a Brahmin family in Konkan region of rural Maharashtra during British Raj.

Sompura Brahmin

The Sompura Brahmin are a Hindu caste found in the state of Gujarat and Rajasthan in India.

Vaidyar

Names of many such Ezhava Vaidyans from social renaissance period and on wards are noted by the community and recorded in the books.Itti Achuden was reportedly an Ezhava,who helped Gowda saraswatha Brahmin Vaidyans from south canara to identify local names of herbs seen in the mountain regions of Malabar to prepare a Dutch treatise Hortus Malabaricus on plants of Malabar.Eventually he became a notable person as a Vaidyar.

Vishvamitra

#Some members of the Anavil Brahmin community from South Gujarat have Kaushik as a Gotra, especially Anavil Brahmin with the Desai surname, who where tradition local Brahmin rulers in the South Gujarat region since vedic times.

Yagyadutt Sharma

Born in a Brahmin family of Zamindars, in Faridnagar, Uttar Pradesh,He was a post graduate topper in Hindi literature from Allahabad University (1941),He had a love of writing,he shifted to Delhi in 1942 with his patriotic thoughts and non political writings.

Yaksha Prashna

As they were discussing upon their course of action the Pandava princes came across a Brahmin who complained that a deer has taken his Arani1 (The pair of wooden blocks to generate fire by friction) on its antlers and therefore he was not able to light the fire for the performance of Vedic rituals.