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[[File:Trikamji_Bapu.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Trikamji Bapu]], representative of the Bardai Brahmin Samaj]]

'''Bardai Brahmins''' refers to a group of [[Brahmins]] whose ancestors originate from the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. They are found mainly in the coastal city of [[Porbandar]].

== Origin ==

Being the major city in the Barda Plains, Bardai Brahmins settled in the outlying villages migrated to this city in search of a better urban life and access to various amenities including education. Porbandar became the window to the world and then essentially it became the doorway to the outside world. It was from here that migrations not only to other cities of [[India]] or [[Asia]] occurred but being a sea port it was only matter of time before Bardai Brahmins traveled via sea routes to initially (in the period 1910-1960) [[Africa]] and subsequently (chiefly from 1965 onwards) to other continents (Europe and America). Indeed, most of the Bardai Brahmins settled in the west have arrived in the west via this route. Therefore, for Bardai Brahmins who may not have set foot in India, having been born in Africa or in the west, Porbandar is still considered as the ancestral home city.

== Surnames and Kuldevis ==
Bardai Brahmins can be identified by their [[surnames]]: Thanki, Modha, Chhelavda, Joshi, Labadiya, Thanky, Acharya, Bapodara, Bambhaniya, Bhogayata, Pandya, Davé, Kinderkhedia, Mehta, Pandit, Purohit, Rajyaguru, Sanathara, Sthanakiya, Sthanki, and Sharma.

Each surname or group of surnames ([[gotra]]) is associated with a [[Kuldevi]] (Goddess)

=== Kuldevis ===
* [[ Ashapura Mata|Ashapura]], [[Samudri Mata|Samudri]] - Thanki, Dave, Sthankiya, Thanky, Pandit
* [[Annapoorna devi|Annpurna]], [[bhattajogani mata|bhattajogani]] - Joshi.
* [[ Chamunda]] Mataji - Pandya
* [[Chandrabhaga (mythology)|Chandrabhaga]] Mataji - Labadiya
* [[Balvima, Suriaai Maa]], [[Lakhandevi Maa- Mandva]] - Modha
* [[Chorvad|Bhavani]] - Acharya
* [[Gatrad]]ma - Sanathara
* [[Harsidhhi|Harsidhima]] - Bhogayata
* [[Momai]] Maa - Rajyaguru, Purohit
* [[Vagheshwari Mataji]] - Bambhaniya
* [[Vindhyavasini]] - Bapodara, Chhelavda
* Abhyay Maa - Arambhadiya

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
Labadiya - Chandrabhaga maa

== External links ==
*[http://www.bbsl.org.uk/index.php Bardai Brahmin Samaj - London]
* [http://www.bardaionline.com/ Bardai Brahmin Samaj - Leicester]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141222130901/http://www.bardai.net/ Bardai Brahmin Samaj - Northamptonshire]
* [http://www.bbsjamnagar.com/ Bardai Bramha Samaj Nani Naat - Jamnagar - India]

{{Social groups of Gujarat}}

[[Category:Brahmin communities of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]

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