Sanadhya Brahmin

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Sanadhya Brahmin (also spelled as Sanadh, Sanah, Sanidyaor 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 but in some cases they intermarry with Gaurs. [2] [4]

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  1. ↑ Saraswati, Baidyanath (1977). Brahmanic Ritual Traditions in the Crucible of Time. Indian institute of Advanced Study. ISBN   9780896844780.
  2. 1 2 Singh, K. S. (1998). India's Communities. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN   978-0-19-563354-2.
  3. 1 2 Keshavdas (1990). Rasikapriya of Keshavadasa. Trans. Bahadur, K. P. Motilal Banarsidass. p. xxxv. ISBN   978-8-12080-734-1.
  4. ↑ People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. 2005. ISBN   978-81-7304-114-3.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "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.
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