Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin

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Rajapur Saraswat Brahmans
Regions with significant populations
Primary populations in Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra
Languages
Konkani
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Saraswat Brahmins

Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins (RSB) (also known as Bhalavalikar Gauda Saraswat Brahmins,also known as Rajapurche Gauda Saraswat Brahmins)[1] are a Hindu Brahmin community of India and one of the major sub-group of Konkani Saraswat Brahmins. They belong to the Pancha (five) Gauda Brahmana groups or "Gaudadi Panchakas". Konkani is their mother tongue. They also speak Kannada, Tulu in South Canara of Karnataka, and Marathi in few parts of Goa and Maharashtra. The debates in Rajapur during Shivaji's coronation had the local Brahmins claiming that they are Gowdas while the GSBs claimed that they were "Gauda Brahmins" i.e. hailed from Trihut in Bengal.[2][3]

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  1. ^ S. Anees Siraj (2012). Karnataka State: Udupi District. Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Gazetteer Department. p. 189. Among the Rajapur Saraswats, who have migrated from Bhalaavali region of Rathnagiri district, there is one more group Bhalaavallikar
  2. ^ Viśveśvara Bhaṭṭa (1960). Bendrey, V. Sitaram (ed.). Coronation of Shivaji the Great (Gagābhaṭṭakrlaḥ: Śrīśivarājabhiṣekaprayogaḥ): or, The procedure of the religious ceremony performed by Gagabhatta for the consecration of Shivaji Maharaj as a Sawraj's king. P. P. H. Bookstall. pp. 24–27.
  3. ^ Gajanan Bhaskar Mehendale (2012). Shivaji His Life and Times. Param Mitra Publications. p. 480. ISBN 978-9380875170.
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