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	'''Marathi Brahmins''' (also known as '''Maharashtrian Brahmins'''), are communities native to the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]]. They are classified into mainly three sub-divisions based on their places of origin, "[[Desh, Maharashtra\|Desh]]", "[[Karad]]" and "[[Konkan]]". The Brahmin subcastes that come under Maharashtra Brahmins include [[Deshastha]], [[Chitpavan]] (Konkanastha), [[Saraswat]], [[Karhade]], and [[Devrukhe]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Maharashtra, Land and Its People\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bl90u5lmwRAC\|page=230\|publisher=Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra\|year=2009\|quote=In Maharashtra Brahmin caste has Karhade , Deshastha , Kokanastha , Devrukhas , Sarasvats etc. as sub- castes . Further Deshastha Brahmin sub - caste has sub - sub - castes like Rigvedi and Yajurvedi which are also endogamous groups.}}</ref> The Deshastha Brahmins are considered the original Brahmins of Maharashtra, with communities such as the Chitpavan being thought of as migrants from other areas.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kaZV5CdzsAC&pg=PA55\|title=Provincial Politics and Indian Nationalism: Bombay and the Indian National Congress 1880-1915\|page=55\|author=Gordon Johnson\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|date=8 June 2005\|isbn=9780521619653}}</ref>		'''Marathi Brahmins''' (also known as '''Maharashtrian Brahmins'''), are communities native to the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]]. They are classified into mainly three sub-divisions based on their places of origin, "[[Desh, Maharashtra\|Desh]]", "[[Karad]]" and "[[Konkan]]". The Brahmin subcastes that come under Maharashtra Brahmins include [[Deshastha]], [[Daivadnya]], [[Chitpavan]] (Konkanastha), [[Saraswat]], [[Karhade]], [[Gurav]] and [[Devrukhe]] .<ref>{{cite book\|title=Maharashtra, Land and Its People\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bl90u5lmwRAC\|page=230\|publisher=Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra\|year=2009\|quote=In Maharashtra Brahmin caste has Karhade , Deshastha , Kokanastha , Devrukhas , Sarasvats etc. as sub- castes . Further Deshastha Brahmin sub - caste has sub - sub - castes like Rigvedi and Yajurvedi which are also endogamous groups.}}</ref> The Deshastha Brahmins are considered the original Brahmins of Maharashtra, with communities such as the Chitpavan being thought of as migrants from other areas.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kaZV5CdzsAC&pg=PA55\|title=Provincial Politics and Indian Nationalism: Bombay and the Indian National Congress 1880-1915\|page=55\|author=Gordon Johnson\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|date=8 June 2005\|isbn=9780521619653}}</ref>

	==Geographical distribution==		==Geographical distribution==
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	Unlike Brahmins elsewhere in India, who traditionally were mostly priests and scholars, those in Maharashtra have had a wider occupational basis, including as administrators, as warriors, as courtiers, in business and in politics.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Provincial Hinduism: Religion and Community in Gwalior City\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gtV8BgAAQBAJ\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|page=134\|first=Daniel \|last=Gold\|quote=In Maharashtra, Brahmins have been known for traditional occupations of broader scope than those in most of the rest of India. Not just characteristically priests and scholars as elsewhere, Maharashtrian Brahmins were also recognized as men of action: administrators, businessmen and political leaders\|isbn=9780190266332\|year=2015}}</ref><ref name="Cashman1975">{{cite book\|author=Richard I. Cashman\|title=The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra\|url=https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich\|url-access=registration\|date=1 January 1975\|publisher=University of California Press\|isbn=978-0-520-02407-6\|page=[https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich/page/8 8]}}</ref> During the era of the [[Deccan sultanates]], when few people in the region shared the Muslim faith of its rulers, Maharashtrian Brahmins were significant recruits to administrative roles and as tax collectors.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=The Marathas 1600-1818 \|volume=2\|last=Gordon\|first=Stewart\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|year=2017\|pages=130–145\|isbn=9780521033169\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&pg=PA130}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Art of the Court of Bijapur\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gAvqAAAAMAAJ\|author=Deborah S. Hutton\|publisher=Indiana University Press\|year=2006\|page=17\|quote=Bijapur Sultanate certainly inherited patterns of cultural interaction from the Bahamani dynasty. One notable practice was the use of Maharashtrian Brahmins and Marathi-speaking soldiers in the kingdom's administration and army. Because the number of Muslims in Deccan was relatively small, the Deccan Islamic kingdoms depended on Brahmins, primarily from the Maharashtrian region, for administration and tax collection.\|isbn=9780253347848}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0_xhdCScQkC&pg=PA23\|page=23\|title=Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards\|first1=Richard M. \|last1=Eaton\|first2=Munis D. \|last2=Faruqui\|first3=David \|last3=Gilmartin\|first4=Sunil \|last4=Kumar\|first5=John F. \|last5=Richards\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=9781107034280\|year=2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|year=1992\|title=Deccan (Maharashtra) under the Muslim Rulers from Khaljis to Shivaji: A Study in Interaction\|jstor=42930434\|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute\|volume=51/52\|pages=501–510\|last=Kulkarni\|first=G. T.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Mohammad \|first1=T.A. \|title=Nobility in the Bijapuri Kingdom \|date=2008 \|publisher=Aligarh Muslim University \|page=61 \|url=http://ir.amu.ac.in/3741/1/T%207409.pdf \|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>		Unlike Brahmins elsewhere in India, who traditionally were mostly priests and scholars, those in Maharashtra have had a wider occupational basis, including as administrators, as warriors, as courtiers, in business and in politics.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Provincial Hinduism: Religion and Community in Gwalior City\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gtV8BgAAQBAJ\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|page=134\|first=Daniel \|last=Gold\|quote=In Maharashtra, Brahmins have been known for traditional occupations of broader scope than those in most of the rest of India. Not just characteristically priests and scholars as elsewhere, Maharashtrian Brahmins were also recognized as men of action: administrators, businessmen and political leaders\|isbn=9780190266332\|year=2015}}</ref><ref name="Cashman1975">{{cite book\|author=Richard I. Cashman\|title=The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra\|url=https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich\|url-access=registration\|date=1 January 1975\|publisher=University of California Press\|isbn=978-0-520-02407-6\|page=[https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich/page/8 8]}}</ref> During the era of the [[Deccan sultanates]], when few people in the region shared the Muslim faith of its rulers, Maharashtrian Brahmins were significant recruits to administrative roles and as tax collectors.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=The Marathas 1600-1818 \|volume=2\|last=Gordon\|first=Stewart\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|year=2017\|pages=130–145\|isbn=9780521033169\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&pg=PA130}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Art of the Court of Bijapur\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gAvqAAAAMAAJ\|author=Deborah S. Hutton\|publisher=Indiana University Press\|year=2006\|page=17\|quote=Bijapur Sultanate certainly inherited patterns of cultural interaction from the Bahamani dynasty. One notable practice was the use of Maharashtrian Brahmins and Marathi-speaking soldiers in the kingdom's administration and army. Because the number of Muslims in Deccan was relatively small, the Deccan Islamic kingdoms depended on Brahmins, primarily from the Maharashtrian region, for administration and tax collection.\|isbn=9780253347848}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0_xhdCScQkC&pg=PA23\|page=23\|title=Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards\|first1=Richard M. \|last1=Eaton\|first2=Munis D. \|last2=Faruqui\|first3=David \|last3=Gilmartin\|first4=Sunil \|last4=Kumar\|first5=John F. \|last5=Richards\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=9781107034280\|year=2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|year=1992\|title=Deccan (Maharashtra) under the Muslim Rulers from Khaljis to Shivaji: A Study in Interaction\|jstor=42930434\|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute\|volume=51/52\|pages=501–510\|last=Kulkarni\|first=G. T.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Mohammad \|first1=T.A. \|title=Nobility in the Bijapuri Kingdom \|date=2008 \|publisher=Aligarh Muslim University \|page=61 \|url=http://ir.amu.ac.in/3741/1/T%207409.pdf \|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>
	They were also administrators during the period of the [[Maratha Empire]], spanning the 17th and 18th centuries, when some Chitpavans also emerged as [[peshwa]]s and thus the de facto rulers.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA129 \|title=The Satara Raj, 1818–1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture \|isbn=978-81-7099-581-4 \|year=1995 \|last=Kulkarni \|first=Sumitra \|page=129}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/India/The-Marathas#ref485879 \|title=India : Rise of the peshwas \|publisher=Britannica.com \|date=2011-11-08 \|access-date=2013-03-23}}</ref> During the peshwa rule, Pune became the de facto financial capital of the empire with the bankers (sawakar in Marathi) being mainly Maharashtrian brahmins.<ref name="Damodaran2008">{{cite book\|author=H. Damodaran\|title=India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJp_DAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1\|date=25 June 2008\|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK\|isbn=978-0-230-59412-8\|page=50}}</ref> During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, many Marathi brahmins migrated north to Hindu holy city of [[Benaras]] on the [[Ganges\|Ganga river]]. During this period Benaras had become an important center of learning. Seven Marathi brahmin clans became the intellectual elites of the city with patronage from wealthy benefactors during the early Mughal era or even from an earlier period. The clans included Sesa, Bhat, Dharmadhikari, Bharadvaja, Payagunde, Puntambekar and Chowdhuri. These brahmins were collectively called dakshinatya brahmins. The clans dominated the study of [[Sanskrit]] scriptures and Hindu laws in the city for many centuries. Most them also mentioned maintained close connections to their original homes in the centers of learning on the [[Godavari river]] such as [[Paithan]], [[Puntamba]], and [[Trimbakeshwar]]. <ref>Benke, T., 2010. THE ŚŪDRĀCĀRAŚIROMAN I OF KR S N A ŚES A: A 16th Century Manual of Dharma for Śūdras. Publicly accessible Penn Dissertations, p.159.[https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1133&context=edissertations]</ref> All these clans had expertise in particular area of Sanskrit literature.<ref name="O'HanlonWashbrook2014">{{cite book\|author1=Rosalind O'Hanlon\|author2=David Washbrook\|title=Religious Cultures in Early Modern India: New Perspectives\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTnJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT274\|date=2 January 2014\|publisher=Taylor & Francis\|isbn=978-1-317-98287-6\|pages=274–\|chapter=Speaking from Siva's temple:Banaras scholar households and the Brahmin ecumene of Mughal India}}</ref>		They were also administrators during the period of the [[Maratha Empire]], spanning the 17th and 18th centuries, when some Chitpavans also emerged as [[peshwa]]s and thus the de facto rulers.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA129 \|title=The Satara Raj, 1818–1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture \|isbn=978-81-7099-581-4 \|year=1995 \|last=Kulkarni \|first=Sumitra \|page=129}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/India/The-Marathas#ref485879 \|title=India : Rise of the peshwas \|publisher=Britannica.com \|date=2011-11-08 \|access-date=2013-03-23}}</ref> During the peshwa rule, Pune became the de facto financial capital of the empire with the bankers (sawakar in Marathi) being mainly Maharashtrian brahmins.<ref name="Damodaran2008">{{cite book\|author=H. Damodaran\|title=India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJp_DAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1\|date=25 June 2008\|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK\|isbn=978-0-230-59412-8\|page=50}}</ref> During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, many Marathi brahmins migrated north to Hindu holy city of [[Benaras]] on the [[Ganges\|Ganga river]]. During this period Benaras had become an important center of learning. Seven Marathi brahmin clans became the intellectual elites of the city with patronage from wealthy benefactors during the early Mughal era or even from an earlier period. The clans included Sesa, Bhat, Dharmadhikari, Bharadvaja, Payagunde, Puntambekar and Chowdhuri. These brahmins were collectively called dakshinatya brahmins. The clans dominated the study of [[Sanskrit]] scriptures and Hindu laws in the city for many centuries. Most them also mentioned maintained close connections to their original homes in the centers of learning on the [[Godavari river]] such as [[Paithan]], [[Puntamba]], and [[Trimbakeshwar]].<ref>Benke, T., 2010. THE ŚŪDRĀCĀRAŚIROMAN I OF KR S N A ŚES A: A 16th Century Manual of Dharma for Śūdras. Publicly accessible Penn Dissertations, p.159.[https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1133&context=edissertations]</ref> All these clans had expertise in particular area of Sanskrit literature.<ref name="O'HanlonWashbrook2014">{{cite book\|author1=Rosalind O'Hanlon\|author2=David Washbrook\|title=Religious Cultures in Early Modern India: New Perspectives\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTnJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT274\|date=2 January 2014\|publisher=Taylor & Francis\|isbn=978-1-317-98287-6\|pages=274–\|chapter=Speaking from Siva's temple:Banaras scholar households and the Brahmin ecumene of Mughal India}}</ref>
	During this era, Benaras also became a base from which scholars could go to regional courts and display their learning. The Bhatta family, for example, had branches in Benaras, [[Amer, India\|Amer]] and [[Mathura]]. <ref>- Rosalind O'Hanlon. 10 Dec 2013, Scribal Migrations in Early Modern India from:		During this era, Benaras also became a base from which scholars could go to regional courts and display their learning. The Bhatta family, for example, had branches in Benaras, [[Amer, India\|Amer]] and [[Mathura]].<ref>- Rosalind O'Hanlon. 10 Dec 2013, Scribal Migrations in Early Modern India from:
	Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora Routledge		Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora Routledge
	Accessed on: 25 Nov 2019 https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203796528.ch3</ref> A number of Maharashtrian brahmins settled in the [[Kumaon division\|Kumaon]] and [[Garhwal division\|Garhwal]] region of present day Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]] in places such as [[Almora]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Koranne-Khandekar \|first1=Saee \|title=A taste of home \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZT00Hwi3tpS4D10f8uz2hJ/A-taste-of-home.html \|access-date=21 February 2020 \|work=live Mint \|issue=1 Dec 2017 \|date=2017}}</ref><ref name="Almora">{{cite book\|author=Dr. R. K. Thukral\|title=Uttarakhand District Factbook : Almora District: District level socio-economic data of Almora District, Uttarakhand\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpYqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP4\|date=1 January 2017\|publisher=Datanet India Pvt. Ltd.\|isbn=978-93-86277-98-5\|pages=4–}}</ref> These brahmins now form part of the Kumaoni brahmin community and the Garhwali Pandit Community.<ref name="Mohan Chandra Joshi">{{cite book\|author=Braj Bhushan\|title=Eminent Indian Psychologists: 100 years of Psychology in India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xtBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT285\|date=28 August 2017\|publisher=SAGE Publishing India\|isbn=978-93-86446-43-5\|pages=285–}}</ref><ref name="Pants of coastal Maharashtra">{{cite book\|author=Namita Gokhale\|title=Mountains Echoes: Reminiscences of Kumaoni Women\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5bJlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT8\|date=17 August 2015\|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-5194-180-4}}</ref>		Accessed on: 25 Nov 2019 https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203796528.ch3</ref> A number of Maharashtrian brahmins settled in the [[Kumaon division\|Kumaon]] and [[Garhwal division\|Garhwal]] region of present day Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]] in places such as [[Almora]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Koranne-Khandekar \|first1=Saee \|title=A taste of home \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZT00Hwi3tpS4D10f8uz2hJ/A-taste-of-home.html \|access-date=21 February 2020 \|work=live Mint \|issue=1 Dec 2017 \|date=2017}}</ref><ref name="Almora">{{cite book\|author=Dr. R. K. Thukral\|title=Uttarakhand District Factbook : Almora District: District level socio-economic data of Almora District, Uttarakhand\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpYqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP4\|date=1 January 2017\|publisher=Datanet India Pvt. Ltd.\|isbn=978-93-86277-98-5\|pages=4–}}</ref> These brahmins now form part of the Kumaoni brahmin community and the Garhwali Pandit Community.<ref name="Mohan Chandra Joshi">{{cite book\|author=Braj Bhushan\|title=Eminent Indian Psychologists: 100 years of Psychology in India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xtBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT285\|date=28 August 2017\|publisher=SAGE Publishing India\|isbn=978-93-86446-43-5\|pages=285–}}</ref><ref name="Pants of coastal Maharashtra">{{cite book\|author=Namita Gokhale\|title=Mountains Echoes: Reminiscences of Kumaoni Women\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5bJlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT8\|date=17 August 2015\|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-5194-180-4}}</ref>
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	===Religious customs===		===Religious customs===

			Sociologist S. D. Pillai states, basing on the studies by [[G. S. Ghurye]], that claim of Brahminhood by communities such as the some Saraswat subcastes of the Western Indian Konkan belt who historically had no knowledge of [[vedas]], no priesthood, and even ate non-vegetarian food demonstrates that the Brahmin claim was available on other grounds and using legends to justify Brahmin origins. But the non-vegetarian tradition did not apply to Saraswats from the south of Western India.<ref name="Pillai1997"/><ref name="Kurzon2004">{{cite book\|author=Dennis Kurzon\|title=Where East Looks West: Success in English in Goa and on the Konkan Coast\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5iK3CmIW6EC&pg=PA74\|year=2004\|publisher=Multilingual Matters\|isbn=978-1-85359-673-5\|pages=74–\|quote=Saraswatis claim that they come from the Brahmin caste – hence their name - but others believe that they are usurpers using some fake brahmin ancestry to maintain their superiority.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author=Ramesh Bairy\|title=Being Brahmin, Being Modern: Exploring the Lives of Caste Today\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTXgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA193\|date=11 January 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-136-19820-5\|pages=193–\|quote=Saraswat claim to Brahminhood is still strongly under dispute, particularly in the coastal districts of Karnataka.}}</ref>
	Sociologist S. D. Pillai states, basing on the studies by [[G. S. Ghurye]], that claim of Brahminhood by communities such as the some Saraswat subcastes of the Western Indian Konkan belt who historically had no knowledge of [[vedas]], no priesthood, and even ate non-vegetarian food demonstrates that the Brahmin claim was available on other grounds and using legends to justify Brahmin origins. But the non-vegetarian tradition did not apply to Saraswats from the south of Western India.<ref name="Pillai1997"/><ref name="Kurzon2004">{{cite book\|author=Dennis Kurzon\|title=Where East Looks West: Success in English in Goa and on the Konkan Coast\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5iK3CmIW6EC&pg=PA74\|year=2004\|publisher=Multilingual Matters\|isbn=978-1-85359-673-5\|pages=74–\|quote=Saraswatis claim that they come from the Brahmin caste – hence their name - but others believe that they are usurpers using some fake brahmin ancestry to maintain their superiority.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author=Ramesh Bairy\|title=Being Brahmin, Being Modern: Exploring the Lives of Caste Today\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTXgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA193\|date=11 January 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-136-19820-5\|pages=193–\|quote=Saraswat claim to Brahminhood is still strongly under dispute, particularly in the coastal districts of Karnataka.}}</ref>

	Chitpavans in Konkan area performed rituals and also did farming.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Encyclopedia of world cultures: South Asia - Volume 2\|page=69\|quote= The occupation of the Chitpavans in their original territory of the Konkan was farming, with some income from performing rituals among their own caste.\|publisher=Macmillan Reference USA\|editor=Paul Hockings\|year=1992}}</ref>		Chitpavans in Konkan area performed rituals and also did farming.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Encyclopedia of world cultures: South Asia - Volume 2\|page=69\|quote= The occupation of the Chitpavans in their original territory of the Konkan was farming, with some income from performing rituals among their own caste.\|publisher=Macmillan Reference USA\|editor=Paul Hockings\|year=1992}}</ref>
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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
	*{{cite book\|title=The Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700: Social Roles of Sufis in Medieval India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2F9BgAAQBAJ\|first=Richard Maxwell\|last=Eaton\|publisher=Princeton University Press\|year=2015\|isbn=9781400868155}}		*{{cite book\|title=The Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700: Social Roles of Sufis in Medieval India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2F9BgAAQBAJ\|first=Richard Maxwell\|last=Eaton\|publisher=Princeton University Press\|year=2015\|isbn=9781400868155}}
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