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{{infobox caste<br />
| caste_name = Utkala Brahmin<br />
| image = Shri_Shankaracharya_of_Puri.jpg<br />
| caption = Priests from Utkala Brahmin community, during Yatra with Shankararcharya of Puri (center)<br />
| varna = [[Brahmin]]<br />
| jati = Utkala<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| languages = [[Odia language]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Odisha]]<br />
| populated_states = [[Odisha]], [[West Bengal]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| region = <br />
| related = [[Jyotish (caste)|Jyotish]], [[Karan (caste)|Karan]]<br />
| ethnicity = <br />
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| population =<br />
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| endogamous =<br />
| notable_members = <br />
| other_reservation =<br />
| original_kingdom = [[Utkala Kingdom]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
'''Utkala Brahmins''', also known as Utkal Brahmins, are a [[Brahmin]] community who belong to the state of [[Odisha]], India. Utkala Brahmins are the historical caretakers of the [[Jagannath Temple, Puri|Jagannath Temple]] in [[Puri]]. The Utkala Brahmins are one of the five [[Pancha-Gauda|Pancha Gouda Brahmin]] communities that originally resided to the north of the [[Vindhya Range|Vindhyas]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6FsB3psOTIC&pg=PA725 |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z |first=James G. |last=Lochtefeld |publisher=Rosen |year=2002 |isbn=9780823931804 |page=725}}</ref> They constitute about 7% of Odisha state population.<ref name="Das2012">{{cite book|author=Nava Kishor Das|title=Odisha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sz7m_yM-hJsC&q=Brahmans+constitute+7%25|year=2012|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India by Seagull Books|isbn=978-81-7046-293-4}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
During ancient period [[Utkala Kingdom|Utkala]] was centre of [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]]. [[Shailodbhava dynasty]] were follower of [[Shaivism]] who ruled the region from 6th century to 8th century. They had built [[Parashurameshvara Temple]] in 7th century which is oldest temple in Bhubaneswar. Shailodhava king Madhavaraja II in his inscriptions state that he performed the [[ashvamedha]] sacrifices to assert his independence from [[Gupta Empire]] which indicates presence of Brahmin in Odisha in 7th century.{{sfn|Snigdha Tripathy|1997|p=67}} [[Keshari dynasty]] ruled from 9th to 12th century in medieval period who constructed [[Lingaraj Temple]], [[Mukteshvara Temple, Bhubaneswar|Mukteshvara Temple]] and [[Rajarani Temple]] in Bhubaneswar. They introduced a new style of architecture in Odisha and their rule saw a shift from [[Buddhism]] to [[Brahmanism]].{{sfn|Walter Smith|1994|p=26}} According to legend Yayati Keshri brought 10,000 Brahmin from [[Kannauj]] to his kingdom for Ashvamedha ceremony in 10th century.{{sfn|Walter Smith|1994|p=27}}<br />
[[File:Portrait of a Brahmin Hindu Priest in Puri, Orissa in 1928.JPG|thumb|Traditional dress of an utkala Brahmin Priest in Puri, Orissa in 1928]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Brahmin communities]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Brahmin communities of Odisha]]<br />
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