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	{{Short description\|~~swami~~ Dayananda Saraswati was Audichya Brahmam}}'''Audichya Brahmins''' are a Hindu [[Brahmin]] sub-caste mainly from the Indian state of [[Gujarat]].They are the most numerous Brahmin community in Gujarat.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wood \|first1=M.R. \|title=Changing patterns of family life in urban Gujarat : a study of twelve high-caste working women \|date=1972 \|publisher=University of British Columbia \|location=Canada \|pages=43–44 \|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0101724 \|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bhatavadekar1883">{{cite book\|author=Gajanan Krishna Bhatavadekar\|title=Report on the Census of the Baroda Territories 1881\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AEJAAAAQAAJ\|year=1883\|publisher=order of His Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar\|pages=145–146}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Roberts\|first1=John\|title=The Movement of Elites in Western India under Early British Rule\|journal=The Historical Journal\|date=1971\|volume=14\|issue=2\|pages=241–262\|jstor=2637955}}</ref> A minority of them reside in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]].		{{Short description\|Swami Dayananda Saraswati was Audichya Brahmam}}
			'''Audichya Brahmins''' are a Hindu [[Brahmin]] sub-caste mainly from the Indian state of [[Gujarat]].They are the most numerous Brahmin community in Gujarat.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wood \|first1=M.R. \|title=Changing patterns of family life in urban Gujarat : a study of twelve high-caste working women \|date=1972 \|publisher=University of British Columbia \|location=Canada \|pages=43–44 \|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0101724 \|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bhatavadekar1883">{{cite book\|author=Gajanan Krishna Bhatavadekar\|title=Report on the Census of the Baroda Territories 1881\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AEJAAAAQAAJ\|year=1883\|publisher=order of His Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar\|pages=145–146}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Roberts\|first1=John\|title=The Movement of Elites in Western India under Early British Rule\|journal=The Historical Journal\|date=1971\|volume=14\|issue=2\|pages=241–262\|jstor=2637955}}</ref> A minority of them reside in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]].
	~~==Etymology==~~
	Udichi means north in the [[Sanskrit]] language.Thus, those who came from the north (Udhichi) were known as Audichya. They were brought to Gujarat from different regions of north India by a ruler called Mulraj Solanki around the turn of the first millennium.<ref name="Lal2003">{{cite book\|author=R. B. Lal\|title=Gujarat\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&pg=PR11\|year=2003\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|isbn=978-81-7991-104-4\|pages=82–86}}</ref>

	==Classification==		==Classification==
	The caste is divided into two endogamous groups, the Sahsra and the Tolakia.In a census in 1883, the sahsra were numerically a much bigger community than the Tolakia. The sahasra are further subdivided into the Sihora and Sidhpora groups. The community is at times also differentiated by their geographical location they came from, for example, Marwadi audichya, Kutch audichya or Wagadia audichya. Other differentiation is by the caste that retains them as minister for rituals, for example Darji-gor, Mochi-gor, Kanbi-gor, Koli-gor ,charan- gor , Raj-gor in saurashtra and northern Gujarat.<ref name="Bhatavadekar1883">{{cite book\|author=Gajanan Krishna Bhatavadekar\|title=Report on the Census of the Baroda Territories 1881\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AEJAAAAQAAJ\|year=1883\|publisher=order of His Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar\|pages=145–146}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wood \|first1=M.R. \|title=Changing patterns of family life in urban Gujarat : a study of twelve high-caste working women \|date=1972 \|publisher=University of British Columbia \|location=Canada \|pages=43–44 \|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0101724 \|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref>		The caste is divided into two endogamous groups, the Sahsra and the Tolakia.In a census in 1883, the sahsra were numerically a much bigger community than the Tolakia. The sahasra are further subdivided into the Sihora and Sidhpora groups. The community is at times also differentiated by their geographical location they came from, for example, Marwadi audichya, Kutch audichya or Wagadia audichya. Other differentiation is by the caste that retains them as minister for rituals, for example Darji-gor, Mochi-gor, Kanbi-gor, Koli-gor ,charan- gor , Raj-gor in saurashtra and northern Gujarat.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wood \|first1=M.R. \|title=Changing patterns of family life in urban Gujarat : a study of twelve high-caste working women \|date=1972 \|publisher=University of British Columbia \|location=Canada \|pages=43–44 \|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0101724 \|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bhatavadekar1883">{{cite book\|author=Gajanan Krishna Bhatavadekar\|title=Report on the Census of the Baroda Territories 1881\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AEJAAAAQAAJ\|year=1883\|publisher=order of His Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar\|pages=145–146}}</ref>

	==~~Demographics~~==		==Society and Culture==
	~~India in~~ the ~~ten year census does not enumerate upper castes or [[forward caste]]s such as brahmins and therefore it is not easy to obtain a true number of people belonging to these communities.~~		In the past, since the Sidhpora sub-caste was considered higher in social ranking, other audichya groups considered it a point of honor to offer their daughters in marriage to Sidhpora men. In the past this custom led to polygamy amongst the Sidhpora group.<ref>Trivedi, R.K., 2016. Village Survey Monograph, Tavadia, Part VI, No-5, Vol-V. page 17[http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3669/1/23341_1961_TAV.pdf]</ref> During the British colonial rule, the caste was one of the first Gujarati community to take up western education. The community along with the Bhatia also were the first to form a caste association.The caste association's aim was mutual help and support for members in the cities and to promote education.<ref>Shah, Ghanshyam. “Middle Class Politics: Case of Anti-Reservation Agitations in Gujarat.” Economic and Political Weekly 22, no. 19/21 (1987): AN155–72. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4377019.</ref>

	~~==History==~~
	~~According to caste legend~~,~~they were brought to Gujarat from different regions of north India by a ruler of Anhilwada called Mulraj Solanki around~~ the ~~turn of the first millennium.<ref name="Lal2003">{{cite book\|author=R. B. Lal\|title=Gujarat\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_~~-~~FXW9BQC&pg=PR11\|year=2003\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|isbn=978-81-7991-104-4\|pages=82–86}}</ref> When the sacrifice~~ was ~~over~~,
	~~Mulraj bestowed on the invited brahmins grants~~ of ~~land~~ to ~~induce them~~ to ~~stay in his country~~. ~~Those who first~~
	~~agreed were a thousand strong and, therefore, became known as sahasra or thousand Audichya.Those who initially refused~~ the ~~king's offer came~~ to ~~be known as Tolakiya Audichyas because they form a 'toli' or band.The Sahasra have two sub-caste~~ amongst ~~them. The~~ group ~~whose ancestors were given land around Sehor in kathiawar were called Sihora and the one who got sidhpur in present day Northern Gujarat were called Siddhpura~~.<ref>Trivedi, R.K., 2016. Village Survey Monograph, Tavadia, Part VI, No-5, Vol-V. page 17 [http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3669/1/23341_1961_TAV.pdf]</ref>

	~~==Society and Culture==~~
	In the past, since the Sidhpora sub-caste was considered higher in social ranking, other audichya groups considered it a point of honor to offer their daughters in marriage to Sidhpora men. In the past this custom led to polygamy amongst the Sidhpora group.<ref>Trivedi, R.K., 2016. Village Survey Monograph, Tavadia, Part VI, No-5, Vol-V. page 17 [http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3669/1/23341_1961_TAV.pdf]</ref>
	==References==		==References==
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	==Classification==		==Classification==
	The caste is divided into two endogamous groups, the Sahsra and the Tolakia.In a census in 1883, the sahsra were numerically a much bigger community than the Tolakia. The sahasra are further subdivided into the Sihora and Sidhpora groups. The community is at times also differentiated by their geographical location they came from, for example, Marwadi audichya, Kutch audichya or Wagadia audichya. Other differentiation is by the caste that retains them as minister for rituals, for example Darji-gor, Mochi-gor, Kanbi-gor, Koli-gor ,charan- gor , Raj-gor in saurashtra and northern Gujarat.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wood \|first1=M.R. \|title=Changing patterns of family life in urban Gujarat : a study of twelve high-caste working women \|date=1972 \|publisher=University of British Columbia \|location=Canada \|pages=43–44 \|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0101724 \|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bhatavadekar1883">{{cite book\|author=Gajanan Krishna Bhatavadekar\|title=Report on the Census of the Baroda Territories 1881\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AEJAAAAQAAJ\|year=1883\|publisher=order of His Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar\|pages=145–146}}</ref>		The caste is divided into two endogamous groups, the Sahsra and the Tolakia.In a census in 1883, the sahsra were numerically a much bigger community than the Tolakia. The sahasra are further subdivided into the Sihora and Sidhpora groups. The community is at times also differentiated by their geographical location they came from, for example, Marwadi audichya, Kutch audichya or Wagadia audichya. Other differentiation is by the caste that retains them as minister for rituals, for example Darji-gor, Mochi-gor, Kanbi-gor, Koli-gor ,charan- gor , Raj-gor in saurashtra and northern Gujarat.<ref name="Bhatavadekar1883">{{cite book\|author=Gajanan Krishna Bhatavadekar\|title=Report on the Census of the Baroda Territories 1881\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AEJAAAAQAAJ\|year=1883\|publisher=order of His Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar\|pages=145–146}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wood \|first1=M.R. \|title=Changing patterns of family life in urban Gujarat : a study of twelve high-caste working women \|date=1972 \|publisher=University of British Columbia \|location=Canada \|pages=43–44 \|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0101724 \|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref>

	==Demographics==		==Demographics==
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	According to caste legend,they were brought to Gujarat from different regions of north India by a ruler of Anhilwada called Mulraj Solanki around the turn of the first millennium.<ref name="Lal2003">{{cite book\|author=R. B. Lal\|title=Gujarat\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&pg=PR11\|year=2003\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|isbn=978-81-7991-104-4\|pages=82–86}}</ref> When the sacrifice was over,		According to caste legend,they were brought to Gujarat from different regions of north India by a ruler of Anhilwada called Mulraj Solanki around the turn of the first millennium.<ref name="Lal2003">{{cite book\|author=R. B. Lal\|title=Gujarat\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&pg=PR11\|year=2003\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|isbn=978-81-7991-104-4\|pages=82–86}}</ref> When the sacrifice was over,
	Mulraj bestowed on the invited brahmins grants of land to induce them to stay in his country. Those who first		Mulraj bestowed on the invited brahmins grants of land to induce them to stay in his country. Those who first
	agreed were a thousand strong and, therefore, became known as sahasra or thousand Audichya.Those who initially refused the king's offer came to be known as Tolakiya Audichyas because they form a 'toli' or band.The Sahasra have two sub-caste amongst them. The group whose ancestors were given land around Sehor in kathiawar were called Sihora and the one who got sidhpur in present day Northern Gujarat were called Siddhpura.<ref>Trivedi, R.K., 2016. Village Survey Monograph, Tavadia, Part VI, No-5, Vol-V. page 17[http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3669/1/23341_1961_TAV.pdf]</ref>		agreed were a thousand strong and, therefore, became known as sahasra or thousand Audichya.Those who initially refused the king's offer came to be known as Tolakiya Audichyas because they form a 'toli' or band.The Sahasra have two sub-caste amongst them. The group whose ancestors were given land around Sehor in kathiawar were called Sihora and the one who got sidhpur in present day Northern Gujarat were called Siddhpura.<ref>Trivedi, R.K., 2016. Village Survey Monograph, Tavadia, Part VI, No-5, Vol-V. page 17 [http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3669/1/23341_1961_TAV.pdf]</ref>

	==Society and Culture==		==Society and Culture==
	In the past, since the Sidhpora sub-caste was considered higher in social ranking, other audichya groups considered it a point of honor to offer their daughters in marriage to Sidhpora men. In the past this custom led to polygamy amongst the Sidhpora group.<ref>Trivedi, R.K., 2016. Village Survey Monograph, Tavadia, Part VI, No-5, Vol-V. page 17[http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3669/1/23341_1961_TAV.pdf]</ref>		In the past, since the Sidhpora sub-caste was considered higher in social ranking, other audichya groups considered it a point of honor to offer their daughters in marriage to Sidhpora men. In the past this custom led to polygamy amongst the Sidhpora group.<ref>Trivedi, R.K., 2016. Village Survey Monograph, Tavadia, Part VI, No-5, Vol-V. page 17 [http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3669/1/23341_1961_TAV.pdf]</ref>
	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

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{{Short description|swami Dayananda Saraswati was Audichya Brahmam}}'''Audichya Brahmins''' are a Hindu [[Brahmin]] sub-caste mainly from the Indian state of [[Gujarat]].They are the most numerous Brahmin community in Gujarat.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=M.R. |title=Changing patterns of family life in urban Gujarat : a study of twelve high-caste working women |date=1972 |publisher=University of British Columbia |location=Canada |pages=43–44 |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0101724 |accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bhatavadekar1883">{{cite book|author=Gajanan Krishna Bhatavadekar|title=Report on the Census of the Baroda Territories 1881|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AEJAAAAQAAJ|year=1883|publisher=order of His Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar|pages=145–146}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Roberts|first1=John|title=The Movement of Elites in Western India under Early British Rule|journal=The Historical Journal|date=1971|volume=14|issue=2|pages=241–262|jstor=2637955}}</ref> A minority of them reside in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]].

==Etymology==
Udichi means north in the [[Sanskrit]] language.Thus, those who came from the north (Udhichi) were known as Audichya. They were brought to Gujarat from different regions of north India by a ruler called Mulraj Solanki around the turn of the first millennium.<ref name="Lal2003">{{cite book|author=R. B. Lal|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&pg=PR11|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-104-4|pages=82–86}}</ref>

==Classification==
The caste is divided into two endogamous groups, the Sahsra and the Tolakia.In a census in 1883, the sahsra were numerically a much bigger community than the Tolakia. The sahasra are further subdivided into the Sihora and Sidhpora groups. The community is at times also differentiated by their geographical location they came from, for example, Marwadi audichya, Kutch audichya or Wagadia audichya. Other differentiation is by the caste that retains them as minister for rituals, for example Darji-gor, Mochi-gor, Kanbi-gor, Koli-gor ,charan- gor , Raj-gor in saurashtra and northern Gujarat.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=M.R. |title=Changing patterns of family life in urban Gujarat : a study of twelve high-caste working women |date=1972 |publisher=University of British Columbia |location=Canada |pages=43–44 |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0101724 |accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bhatavadekar1883">{{cite book|author=Gajanan Krishna Bhatavadekar|title=Report on the Census of the Baroda Territories 1881|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AEJAAAAQAAJ|year=1883|publisher=order of His Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar|pages=145–146}}</ref>

==Demographics==
India in the ten year census does not enumerate upper castes or [[forward caste]]s such as brahmins and therefore it is not easy to obtain a true number of people belonging to these communities.

==History==
According to caste legend,they were brought to Gujarat from different regions of north India by a ruler of Anhilwada called Mulraj Solanki around the turn of the first millennium.<ref name="Lal2003">{{cite book|author=R. B. Lal|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&pg=PR11|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-104-4|pages=82–86}}</ref> When the sacrifice was over,
Mulraj bestowed on the invited brahmins grants of land to induce them to stay in his country. Those who first
agreed were a thousand strong and, therefore, became known as sahasra or thousand Audichya.Those who initially refused the king's offer came to be known as Tolakiya Audichyas because they form a 'toli' or band.The Sahasra have two sub-caste amongst them. The group whose ancestors were given land around Sehor in kathiawar were called Sihora and the one who got sidhpur in present day Northern Gujarat were called Siddhpura.<ref>Trivedi, R.K., 2016. Village Survey Monograph, Tavadia, Part VI, No-5, Vol-V. page 17[http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3669/1/23341_1961_TAV.pdf]</ref>

==Society and Culture==
In the past, since the Sidhpora sub-caste was considered higher in social ranking, other audichya groups considered it a point of honor to offer their daughters in marriage to Sidhpora men. In the past this custom led to polygamy amongst the Sidhpora group.<ref>Trivedi, R.K., 2016. Village Survey Monograph, Tavadia, Part VI, No-5, Vol-V. page 17[http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3669/1/23341_1961_TAV.pdf]</ref>
==References==
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