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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.
Karnat dynasty, ruled by Bikauwa Brahmins; Oiniwar Dynasty, based in Mithila were Maithil Brahmins [6] [7] Pallava Dynasty {c.285–905 CE} was a brahmin of bharadwaj gotra (Tamil Samaṇar Dynasty) based originally from Palnadu and later from Kanchi, Pallavas ruled Andhra (Krishna-Guntur) and north and central Tamil Nadu.
The 3rd Brahmans were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. 3rd Brahmanas recruits from Gaur Brahmins and Kanyakubja Brahmins composition of 2 companies from both.
There are many interpretations on how the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins received the name "Gaud" and the information about it is scant. Authors Jose Patrocinio De Souza and Alfred D'Cruz interpreters that the word Gauda or Goud may have been taken from Ghaggar, with Goud and Saraswat having the same meaning, that is an individual residing on the banks of river Saraswati.
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Brahmin (/ ˈ b r ɑː m ɪ n /; ... Subcastes of Gaur Brahmins are: Sanadhya [27 ... the Tamil Brahmins were also quick to take up English education during British ...
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 .