Sanadhya Brahmin (also spelled as Sanadh, Sanah , Sanidya or Sandhya) is an endogamous sub-caste of Brahmins.[1] Their main concentration is in western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh area of India.[2] The Hindi poet Keshabdasa Mishra was a Sanadhya, and praised his community in his book "Ramchandra Chandrika".[3] Though an endogamous community Though an endogamous community, marriages can take place with Kanyakubjas and Gaurs. In Western Uttar Pradesh, Kanyakubja Brahmin takes the daughter of Sanadhyas, but does not give him his own daughter in marriage. The districts of Aligarh and Bulandshahr are situated on the border of Sanadhyas and Gaurs where marriages take place on the basis of equality between Sanadhyas and Gaurs. [4][5]
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- ↑ Saraswati, Baidyanath (1977). Brahmanic Ritual Traditions in the Crucible of Time. Indian institute of Advanced Study. ISBN 9780896844780.
- ↑ Singh, K. S. (1998). India's Communities. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Keshavdas (1990). Rasikapriya of Keshavadasa. Trans. Bahadur, K. P. Motilal Banarsidass. p. xxxv. ISBN 978-8-12080-734-1.
- ↑ K.S. Singh. People of India:Delhi. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 607.
- ↑ Rabindranath Mikarji, Dr Bharat Agrawal. NEP Sociology of India -I B.A. 2nd Sem(MIC-2/MJC-2/MDC-2). p. 179.
- ↑ Zaidi, Hussain (28 October 2019). The Class of 83: The Punishers of Mumbai Police. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-661-2.
- ↑ "Totaram Sanadhya, an Indian in Fiji: A life defined by the indentured labour system and the fight against it". Firstpost. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2023.