Rajapur Saraswat

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The Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin community in Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka. They are also known as RSB, Rajpuri or Rajapur. [1] [2] They come under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category in Kerala [3] and Karnataka. [4]

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History

The Rajapura Saraswat claim to have migrated to Kerala from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra after being subjected to atrocities under Portuguese rule. Their typical last name is Nayak. [1]

Culture

They are mostly vegetarian and mainly eat rice.They worship their ancestors and do not consume non-vegetarian food on the day of worship. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nagendra Kr Singh, ed. (2006). Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's Ethnography, Volume 1. Global Vision Publishing House. ISBN   978-81-8220-167-5.
  2. ↑ K. S. Singh (1998). Indias Communities. oxford university press. p. 2925. In Kerala, the Rajapuri / Rajapura Saraswat are called Rajapura Saraswat in the contiguous area of Dakshin Kannad
  3. ↑ "Central list of OBCs for the state of Kerala" (PDF). www.ncbc.nic.in.
  4. ↑ "Central list of OBCS for the state of Karnataka" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-27.
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