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{{Short description|Surname native to the Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka}}
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'''PURULEKAR''' is a surname native to the Indian states of [[Maharashtra]], [[Goa]] and [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebizdom.in/how-well-do-you-know-about-the-origins-of-some-indian-occupational-surnames/|title=How well do you know about the origins of some Indian Occupational Surnames?|date=22 February 2020|access-date=23 February 2022|publisher=TheBizdom}}</ref> The surname can be also found in some parts of [[United Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]. Deshpande surname is found among the [[Deshastha Brahmins]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Proceedings of the Session, Volume 52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfVtAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, death India|year=1988|page=48|quote=Mrs.Krishnabai Deshpande observed:[her quote]It should be noted that Deshpandes belonged to the Deshastha Brahmin caste}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Home, Family and Kinship in Maharashtra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFhuAAAAMAAJ|page=118|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1999|author=I. P. Glushkova, Rajendra Vora|isbn=9780195646351|quote=wada tells us of a story of three generations of a family called purulekar, that belonged to the Deshastha Brahmin caste.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Collected Plays of Mahesh Elkunchwar: Garbo, Desire in the Rocks, Old Stone Mansion, Reflection, Sonata, An Actor Exits, Volume 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEELAQAAMAAJ|page=315|author1=Mahesh Elkunchwar|author2=Samik Bandyopadhyay|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2009|isbn = 978-0-19-569797-1|quote=Deshpandes are Deshastha Brahmins while Anjali is a Konknastha Brahmin.}}</ref> [[Gaud Saraswat Brahmins]] (GSB)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 14|page=1519|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NauwAAAAIAAJ&q=deshpande&pg=PA1519|quote=Purulekar a college graduate from a progressive Gaud Saraswat Brahmin community..|publisher=Sameeksha Trust|year=1979}}</ref> and the [[Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu]]s ([[CKP]]).<ref>{{cite book | title = Nineteenth Century History of Maharashtra: 1818–1857|page=121|author = B. R. Sunthankar |year= 1988|quote=The Kayastha Prabhus, though small in number, were another caste of importance in Maharashtra. The Konkan districts were their homeland. They formed one of the elite castes of Maharashtra. They also held the position of Deshpandes and Gadkaris and Purule produced some of the best warriors in the Maratha history}}</ref>

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