Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). For this purpose, he did the same thing as every other Hindu king used to do after winning a new territory, to keep his own caste pure or make it so. Thousands of married women are being daily thrown into the hell of untold sufferings for the continuity of this inhuman custom. Further, there does not appear to be any need to have my comments and/or remarks vetted by you or anyone else, apart from the Administrator. Often a busy Brahmin will put off spiritual discussions as an issue for later in life. In the colonial era, the Bhadraloks of Bengal were primarily, but not . Ques 12. 2 August 1971. to the territory of West Bengal as in 1951. I still remember my school days in Calcutta. This forum contains old posts that have been closed. Brahmin Development Party (AMK - Andhanar Munnetra Kazhagam) in Boydton, VA Expand search. https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/3hkdi2/why_are_most_bengali_brahmins_non_vegetarian/ 4) Some groups are very distinct. Mukherjee is a Kulin Brahmin surname of Hindu Religion, common among residents of the Indian state of West Bengal. As sastras ordained that the daughters must be married off before puberty and pronounced curses on defaulters, one man married a large number of brides, who were never supported economically by the husband. Bengal was outside aryavrat for about thousand years. UTKAL BRAHMIN IN BENGAL During the reign of Gajapati empire the Utkal Brahmins were migrated to Bankura Purulia, Midnapore, & Hoogly districts of West Bengal as representative of the Gajapati . 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Ans. . * (16) West Bengal: 18 lakh Brahmins * * (17) Madhya Pradesh: 42 lakhs Brahmins * * (18) Uttar Pradesh: 20 million Brahmins * * (19) Uttarakhand: 20 lakh Brahmins * * (20) Himachal: 45 lakh Brahmins * * (21) Sikkim: 1 lakh Brahmin * * (22) Assam: 10 lakh Brahmins * * (23) Mizoram: 1.5 lakhs Brahmins * * (24) Arunachal: 1 lakh Brahmin * Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects toward Each Other and toward Other Religious Systems. The area has around 2.3 lakh voters. Promoted Ques 5. Brahmin castes became powerful in the early centuries of the Christian Era through alliances with kings, who granted them landed estates related to temples and temple service. Parashurama - 6th Dashavatara of The God Vishnu Adi Shankara - Philosopher and Theologian Bhaskara II - Mathematician and Astronomer Rani Lakshmibai - Queen of Jhansi Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Indian Nationalist Chandra Shekhar Azad - Indian Revolutionary Baji Rao I - 7th Peshwa of The Maratha Empire Jawaharlal Nehru - First Prime Minister of India Kadambini Ganguly - First Indian Female Doctors Srinivasa Ramanujan - Mathematician C. V. Raman - Physicist, Nobel Prize Awardee. For example Brahmin Population in India ExCM of West Bengal openly denigrated Hinduism. : Gaur (Northern India) and Pancha Dravida (Southern India) are into two major groups brahmins. Her opponent in Nandigram, Suvendu Adhikari, has also championed his upper-caste Hindu identity. In contrast, Bengali Brahmins tend to have a strong shift toward Uttar Pradesh populations and look very similar to Uttar Pradesh Brahmins with a minority non-Brahmin Bengali admixture. Dr Shakun Harris. Like South Indian Brahmins, Bengali Brahmins can be modeled as a mixture of Brahmins from the upper Gangetic plain, with a minority local substrate contribution (~25% or less). Amiya Kumar Banerjee, West Bengal District Gazetteers, Bankura, Calcutta, 1968, pp. Some individuals in this forum appear to be more concerned about everyone else but Brahmins. In rare instances a representative photo may be used. Up to ninth-tenth century, here flourished the Buddhist kingdom of Palas. 1. The BJP, in its Sonar Bangla Sonkolpo Potro 2021, promised to set up a Purohit Welfare Board where all purohits across West Bengal will be given a monthly honorarium of Rs 3,000, a hike from Banerjees monthly Rs 1,000 honorarium. Pray for a disciple making movement to emerge among every Brahmin community. Ques 6. Man in the Blue Suit, Sitting Beside the Buddha! S Saha: Muslims in Bengal are treated as untouchables. Bagdi, Pod, Bauri and Chamar each have more than 10 lakhs population. . This strictness was necessary for the safety of husbands, as each of them had hundreds of wives. Though R1a is overrepresented, one of the Kayasthas has both male and female East Asian uniparental lineages. According to the 2011 Census, Muslims form 27% of West Bengal's population. As per tradition, these five immigrant Brahmins and their descendants went on to become the Kulin Brahmins. These are probably descendants of Bangal migrants from the east. While the details may be contested, it is known that brahmins did come to Bengal from the central . As mentioned above, from the time of Sena rule, till the middle of 19th century, the main function of all these brahmins have been to marry hundreds of girls and raise the progeny according to Manu Smruti. 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Approximately all Brahmin in west UP and Delhi are adi Gaur. The biological and social variables and their relative roles in determining the fertility and mortality patterns are examined in 4 populations: Varendra Brahmin, Varendra Kayastha, Tili and Jele of Nabadwip town in Nadia district, West Bengal. In Andhra Pradesh, they formed less than 6%,Tamil Nadu they formed less than 3% and in Karnataka, less than 2%. I have heared regular Bengalis have similar ANI as Reddy/Patel like groups? 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 in Puri.The Utkala Brahmins are one of the five Pancha Gouda Brahmin communities that originally resided to the north of the Vindhyas. [6] Complete List of Brahmin Current CM offers Muslim prayers/ Namaz, and indulges in massive Muslim appeasement at the cost of native Hindu cul Surnames in India Exmayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya openly eats beef. (The writer is an assistant professor in the department of international relations, Jadavpur University. Maithila The idea of this Kulin System was only to create the population who accepts the domination of Brahmins and observe strict caste rules. : List of Famous Personalities of Acharya community. It has got its own separate situation. Chatterji laments that the knowledge about Bengal is also limited. I doubt the authenticity of the info. from Kanauj and are called after titles given by the Sena kings, as Upadhyaya Acharya etc. Which is the highest caste in West Bengal? Raja Ram Mohun Roy was busy with the problem of Sati and could not devote much time for other reforms. Jobs New threads and replies may not be made here. p.113 ff.]. Modernization is breaking down family units which have been the glue to society for many generations, and loneliness is increasingly a problem. It has let loose all conceivable vices and uprooted the moral anchors of society. This polite politics helps them in reproduction and amplification of caste capital backed by major political parties. Brahmin, Baidya and Kayastha, constituting around one-fifth of the population comprise the Bhadralok in Bengal. Nandigram and 29 other constituencies will vote in the second of an eight-phase Bengal election that ends April 29. The result is the most heinous crimes like adultery, abortion, infanticide, and prostitution. Three upper castes i.e. ], The Kulins marry solely for money and with no intention to fulfill any of the duties which marriage involves. The first phase - also with 30 seats - was held on March 27. It was an old tradition of Aryas to call any non-aryan living near sea or river as daasha or daasa (mallaaha). Brahmins are disproportionately represented among overseas Indians due to their higher educational attainments, so those who reach out to Indian nationals in the West are very likely reaching out to people who are extremely difficult to reach in South Asia. and visit them maybe once or twice a year. Cases are known of men marrying 82, 72, 65, 60, and 42 wives and having had 18, 32, 41, 25 and 32 sons and 26, 27, 25, 15 and 16 daughters. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, as is well known, talks of this famine, which was subject of his study. Every individual in this world has a unique potential, capacity and is created with a unique plan and purpose and destiny. Area 34,267 square miles (88,752 square km). Finally, take a look at the Y and mtDNA. Childs caste was decided by the mothers caste. The Bengali bhadralok was espoused as a caste-blind category to camouflage the caste hegemony of dominant caste Bengali communities. 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He was compelled to marry in quick succession to eight girls for economic relief of family. Using modeled based clustering though I have become strongly convinced that the Bengali Brahmins do have a minor contribution from the non-Brahmin Bengali population because they have East Asian ancestry. But the 2011 census laid bare this castelessness by revealing the complete invisibilisation of Bengali Dalit and Adivasi communities from the urban spaces. Every Ambedkarite needs to know the history of these people, for two reasons. The Brahmin population are found in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh (India). What does the surname Brahmin mean? Ques 4. Kanyakubja, 3. : The Brahmin population are found in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh (India). 3) Some of the West Bengal samples are in the Bangladesh (collected from Dhaka) distribution. Ans. a real brahman is dependent on only two factors (gunas) i.e. Bridegroom extracts heavy consideration, in addition to usual gifts, from family of bride, at the time of marriage. Lest we forget, postcolonial Bengal had seen the caste question being subsumed by class. Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 1: A huge percentage of our population believes and likes to take decisions based on astrological predictions. 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Follow rules of ritual purification Hinduism is the major religion of West Bengal with about 70.54% people responded that they were Hindus during the 2011 Census of India. In contrast, the Kayasthas are generic Bengalis, who likely did increase their social status by becoming a literate bureaucratic class (clerks). Buddhism departed from Punjab roughly around the same time as rest of India. Around 900 BC the Brahmins were divided in to exogamous clans that restricted matrimonial choice and dictated ritual. They are also identified by names such as Pandit, Purohit, Pujari and Shastri. with out Hons. Ans. Be always truthful Benoy Ghose: Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, 1965, Publication Division, Govt. : Brahmin community live in all part of india and Pakistan. Brahmin Development Party (AMK - Andhanar Munnetra Kazhagam) posted images on LinkedIn For this treacherous act of theirs, we understand, their area was given to East Pakistan, as a punishment, though a non-Muslim area. although priesthood may be a mere profession, for the brahmin spiritual wisdom is the only knowledge worth having, and the wisdom may be shared freely with others. The Bengali Brahmins are Hindu Brahmins who traditionally reside in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, currently comprising the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh.. In term of AASI they seem in between South Indians and North Indian. Today, it comprises 3% of the total population. [5] The Dhanaidaha copper-plate inscription, dated to 433 CE, is the earliest of them and records a grantee Brahmin named Varahasvamin. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits a temple, during an election campaign ahead of state assembly polls, in Nandigram, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Utkala, and 5. The gautama's dharmasutra, the oldest of surviving hindu dharmasutras, for example, states in verse 9.549.55 that a brahmin should not participate or perform a ritual unless he is invited to do so, but he may attend. The third group is of Wangals, a name for all people of East Bengal. One can never predict what an individual Brahmin might believe or disbelieve! 1) Bengali Brahmins are distinct. p. 121 ff.]. instance during the rule of Gajapati Prataprudra Deva when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu moved to Odisha and many other learned Brahmins (who were persecuted by the Sultan of Bengal) fled to Odisha. 20. A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers. According to 2007 reports, brahmins in india are about 5% of its total population. . Please navigate to the relevant forum to create a new thread or post a reply. So everyone worked with/for everyone notwithstanding the pollution part. The said place Pichaldah is presently in the Howrah district of West Bengal south of which was the Gajapati kingdom. With an eye on next year's Assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a Rs 1,000 monthly allowance and free housing for 8,000 "poor Sanatan Brahmin priests". Scripture Prayers for the Brahmin Bengali in India. Ques 7. what is other names for Brahmin? Its roughly 1,350-mile (2,200-km) frontier with Bangladesh, neither natural nor well defined, is of strategic importance. the brahmin are the highest of the four hindu castes, made up of priests and scholars of vedic literature and their traditional occupation is to concern themselves with the spiritual guidance of the people, conduct rites at marriages, births, deaths and other auspicious occasions. : Brahmins are vegetarian but Brahmins who live near to sea area they eat only Fish. He feels, rather sarcastically, that those who can be called real Bengalis are hardly 30 to 40 lakhs in a total population of about 3.5 crores. : Many Castes comes under Brahmin. Map Design: Joshua Project. Ques 1. Who is known as Brahmin? The dharmasutra and dharmashaastra scriptures of hinduism describe the expectations, duties and role of brahmins. Joshua Project may be able to provide more information than what is published on this site. No widow could save her property from the clutches of the brahmins, because only brahmin could condone the performance of sati. The Kayasthas have traditionally been more willing to work with Muslim rulers as a literate service class, as their ritual status is lower than Brahmins, and so presumably they had less to lose from pollution through contact with these foreign groups. Knowledge Management Specialist, UX Designer, Global Communication in International Development, Art Historian (Strategist, SE Asian, Indian & Diaspora) Follow. Varendra Northern area, 3. Before making travel plans based on data presented here, please confirm with other sources to the extent possible. In 1931 (the last Indian census to record caste), Brahmans accounted for 4.32% of the total Indian population. 26 Followers. Das, S. (1990). Dr Babasaheb Ambedkars Original Photos/Images, In Hindi/English/Telugu/Tamil Babasaheb Ambedkar Film by Jabbar Patel. There are many body builders, boxers, soldiers hail from Brahmin community. If any individual has committed a praiseworthy feat or deed, the credit goes to entire human community, to the entire human race. In present year, the state will add another 1.2 million people to its total population. This included men, women and children. Ques 2. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. On-the-ground reality may vary from what is presented here. Thus marriage itself became a gainful occupation. Region Formed and Imagined: Reconsidering Temporal, Spatial and Social Context of Kmarpa, in Lipokmar Dzuvichu and Manjeet Baruah (eds), Modern Practices in North East India: History, Culture, Representation, London and New York: Routledge, 2018, pp.23-55. The Brahmin presence in the Bengal Army was reduced in the late nineteenth century because of their perceived primary role as mutineers in the Mutiny of 1857, led by Mangal Pandey. Saraswata, 2. It is not Brahmin only site. This is the main caste of Bengal and has the majority population in villages. Rather, the continuous caste-based violence by the upper castes on oppressed lower castes in BJP-ruled states makes it amply clear that its Sonar Bangla promise will privilege the already privileged caste Bhadraloks. i have only two explicitly kayastha samples in there. knowledge and renunciation. It is different in many respects like history, casteism, religion, politics, education. Is there a Iran_N vs Steppe cline between various Bengali groups? I have tried to make this list of Brahmin surnames as. p.119], In 1871 and 1873, Vidyasagar published two tracts, wherein he gave statistics of kulinism with long list of names giving the number of their wives with their ages. The brahmin has always taken an active part in politics. Vidyasagar, being himself a kulin, was well conversant with the abuses of the kulin polygamy of Bengal, with increasing numbers of child widows and its attendant problems. You are most welcome to stick to your caste based views. Some kept a diary with accounts of marriages and presents received at the time of marriage and further on each visit, being recorded. Ques 13. What has happened during the British time was constant removal of this collaboration with the foreign groups. They are genetically a distinct population whose endogamy is ancient and thorough. Traditionally, brahmins are designated to serve as spiritual teachers or priests. Bengali Brahmin Brides and Grooms-The different Brahmin communities of Bengal have their own traditional accounts of origin, which are generally found in various genealogical texts known as kulagranthas or kulapanjikas. Press Esc to cancel. In Madhya Pradesh, the Brahmins are classified in mainly Shri Gaud, Sanadhya brahmin, and Gujar-Gaud Brahmins. Even teenagers were married to dying octogenarian husbands. 2. 9, p.117 ff. Ans. Sen dynasty was the first and the last Hindu kingdom, which fell to Bakhtiyar Khilaji, who had a cavalry of only 12 horsemen. Kolkata metropolitan area remains the most densely populated region in the state. the purush-sukta described the divine origin of human beings into the four social groups, or castes, that comprise hindu society: brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, and sudra. The Trinamool Congress chief also announced the formation of a Dalit Sahitya Academy, which will be headed by writer Manoranjan Byapari, and . . 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