What is Chitrapur?

Chitrapur is a village in Bhatkal Taluka, Uttar Kannada District, Karnataka, India. The religious headquarters of the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins, is in this town. The small village of Chitrapur was built according to the idea of town-planning with a road in the middle and houses and gardens on both sides.

Is Saraswat Brahmin high caste?

Classification. Saraswats Brahmins fall under the Pancha Gauda Brahmin classification of the Brahmin community in India.

Is Deepika Padukone Saraswat Brahmin?

We are Saraswat Brahmins and speak Konkani. My father used to work in Mumbai in the early 50s and introduced badminton to Karnataka when he came and settled in Bangalore as he was a national level coach and umpire. I was born and brought up in Bangalore and was introduced to badminton at the age of six.

Are GSB Brahmins?

These castes are the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins and Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhus. The GSB ancestors identified themselves as of the Saraswat section of the northern Gaud division, in contrast to their Maharashtra and Karnataka Brahman neighbours of the southern division.

Who are Konkani Brahmins?

Konkani Hindu Brahmins are those Brahmins whose mother-tongue is Konkani or Marathi. They hail mainly from coastal Maharashtra, Goa and coastal Karnataka and from other areas like Gujarat and Kerala.

Are Kashmiri Pandits Saraswat Brahmin?

Kashmiri Pandits, who are part of the Saraswat Brahmin community, have been the original residents of the Valley until the 1990s. Kashmiri Pandits, who are part of the Saraswat Brahmin community, have been the original residents of the Valley until the 1990s.

Is Kashmiri Pandit Saraswat?

The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They are the only remaining Hindu community native to Kashmir.

What is RSB caste?

Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins (RSB) (also known as Bhalavalikar Gauda Saraswat Brahmins,also known as Rajapurche Gauda Saraswat Brahmins) are a Hindu Brahmin community of India and one of the major sub-group of Konkani Saraswat Brahmins.