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The '''Rajapura Saraswat''' are a [[Hindu]] community in [[Maharashtra]], [[Kerala]] and [[Karnataka]]. They are also known as ''Rajpuri'' or ''Rajapur''.<ref name="KSS">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcpa_T-7oVQC&pg=PA729|title=Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's Ethnography, Volume 1|editor=Nagendra Kr Singh|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House| year=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= Indias Communities|page=2925|publisher=oxford university press|quote=In Kerala , the Rajapuri / Rajapura Saraswat are called Rajapura Saraswat in the contiguous area of Dakshin Kannad|author=K. S. Singh|year=1998}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The Rajapura Saraswat claim to have migrated to Kerala from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra after being subjected to atrocities under the Portuguese rule. Their typical last name is ''Nayak''.<ref name="KSS"/><br />
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==Culture==<br />
Some of them eat goat, fowl and fish but most are vegetarian and mainly eat rice. Alcohol consumption is common amongst men. According to N.K.Singh, one section of them, called the ''Kudlukaras'' follow customs similar to [[Brahmin]]s. They worship their ancestors and do not consume non-vegetarian food on the day of worship.<ref name="KSS"/><br />
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