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According to Hindu scripture, members of the Brahmin community are believed to have descended from the first seven Brahmin saints of the Vedic period. [4] A Gotra represents the lineage of an individual saint and a Brahmin’s Gotra denotes which of these saints is their ancestor. [5] A young Brahmin priest performing Pooja.
[4] Andhra Pradesh, prior to the formation of Telangana, comprised 60 distinct castes. Following the creation of Telangana, the Beda (Budga) Jangam caste was excluded from the list of Andhra Pradesh, while the Godagali caste was removed from Telangana. Consequently, each state now consists of 59 castes, reshaping the demographic composition in ...
Agnihotri is an Indian Hindu Brahmin surname derived from the Sanskrit word Agnihotra. The term Agnihotri originally referred to the Hindu Brahmins who maintained the sacred fire during the fire rituals. [1] People with this surname include: Atul Agnihotri (born 1970), Bollywood actor; Apurva Agnihotri, Indian actor
4 December 1910 27 January 2009 Iyer Brahmin: Eighth president. 25 July 1987 to 25 July 1992. Shankar Dayal Sharma [355] 19 August 1918 26 December 1999 Gaur Brahmin: Ninth President (25 June 1992 – 25 July 1997) Pranab Mukherjee [356] 11 December 1935 31 August 2020 Kulin Brahmin: Thirteenth President (25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017)
This category has the following 39 subcategories, out of 39 total. ... Indian castes by profession (17 C, 21 P) * History of India by caste (4 C, 2 P) Lists of Indian ...
The Scheduled Castes, as a constitutional category in India, emerged from the practice of untouchability in the caste system associated with Hinduism. Although the Constitution of India did not specify religious criteria, it was accepted by the Constituent Assembly that only adherents of Hinduism would be entitled to Scheduled Caste status.
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A. ... (caste) Malakar; Malhotra; Malik (surname) ... This page was last edited on 4 January 2025, ...
In other story Agnihotri, Pakkanar's elder brother, and his wife visits Pakkanar's home. Agnihotri's wife is depicted as an orthodox upper caste woman. As the visitors arrived Pakkanar called his wife, who was taking water from well. The woman left the rope and ran to attend her husband, but the bucket stayed in the air where it was.