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Gaur Brahmins (also spelled Gor, Gour, Gaud or Gauda) are a community of Brahmins in India. They are one of the five Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities that live north of the Vindhyas . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Their main biradari is the Gaur Brahmin. Some Garha sub-groups descent from the Gaur (Clan) of Rajput . But most of Gada groups are descent from the Gaur Brahmin community, and Garha is the khadi boli transformation of the original Sanskrit word "Gauda" which means "fair one" an allusion to the learnedness and high status.
The Sahyadri-khanda, considered a part of the Skanda Purana, also mentions the same classification as the Rajatarangini. [3] For example, fragments of the Sahyadri-khanda, featured in Hemadri's Chatur-varga-chintamani (13th century), quote Shiva to provide this classification.
The Himalayan states of Uttarakhand (20%) and Himachal Pradesh (14%) have the highest percentage of Brahmin population relative to respective state's total Hindus, followed by Delhi (12%), Jammu Kashmir (11%), Uttar Pradesh (10%), in other states the Brahmins being less than 10% of the population, the lowest being in the southern states of ...
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... the British Indian Army. 3rd Brahmanas recruits from Gaur Brahmins and Kanyakubja Brahmins composition of 2 ...
Rishi Mudgal continued to be Brahmins and other were known as Brahmin Kings of Rishi Mudgala's lineage. Rishi Mudgal was married to Nalayani Indrasenā, daughter of Nishada's King Nala and Queen Damayanti. Mudgala and Indrasenā gave birth to Vadhryasva, Divodas, and Ahalya. Nalayani served Mudgal with whole heart even when Mudgal was suffering ...
Brahmin Sikh is a Sikh religious group whose members belong to Brahmin community. They played a key role in the early years of Sikhism . [ 1 ] Sometimes they are called Kashmiri Sikhs, for those who are of Kashmiri origin .