Chitpavan Brahmins
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title:
Chitpavan Brahmins
text:
The Chitpavan Brahmin or the Kokanastha Brahmin is a Hindu Maharashtrian Brahmin community inhabiting Konkan, the coastal region of the state of Maharashtra. Initially working as messengers and spies in the late seventeenth century, the community came into prominence during the 18th century when the heirs of Peshwa from the Bhat family of Balaji Vishwanath became the de facto rulers of the Maratha empire. Until the 18th century, the Chitpavans were held in low esteem by the Deshastha, the older
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description:
Indian Brahmin sub-caste inhabiting Konkan region
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitpavan_Brahmins
date created:
2005-08-15T03:04:16Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T17:09:17Z
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