Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins
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Rajapur/Balavalikar Gauda Saraswat Brahmans,as they are known, belong to the "Pancha (five) Gauda Brahmana" groups or "Gaudadi Panchakas".Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins are a branch of the saraswat brahmins, who were supposed to have resided on the banks of the legendary Saraswati River. They got their name from their village of origin namely Rajapur/Bhalavali Villagein Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra state in India. Originally, the people of this community were Gowd Saraswat Brahmins, before they started calling themselves as Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins after migrating to coastal Karnataka.
The members of this community follow the hindu religion and speak konkani. The konkani spoken by them is a mixture of goan konkani and marathi. They consider the Swamiji of KAVALE MUTT of Goa as their spiritual guru.
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[edit] Gotras
Rajapur-Bhalavalikar Saraswats are of 10 gothras, namely 1) Bharadwaja 2) Gauthama 3) Athri 4) Kashyapa 5) Vasishta 6) Vathsa 7) Kaundinya 8) Dhananjaya 9) Kaushika and 10) Jamadagni.
[edit] The Kuldevathas
1)Mangesha, 2)Nagesha, 3)Mahalaxmi, 4)Shantheri-Kamakshi, 5)Ramanatha, 6)Navadurga, 7)Sapta Kotishwara, 8)Mahamayee, 9)Lakshmi Ravalanatha, 10)Damodara, 11)Ganapathi, 12)Gajanana, 13)Lakshmi Narasimha, 14)Bhagavathi.
[edit] Temples
Rajapur/Bhalavalikar Saraswat Brahmins have built many temples, some of them are :
1) Shri Bhavani-Shankar Kavle Mutt,Ponda(Goa). 2) Shri Narasimha, Narasinghe. 3) Shri Durgaparameshwari, Montimaru, D.K.Dist, Karnataka. 4) Shri Adishakti Mahalaxmi, Laxmipura. 5) Shri Durgaparameswari, Bantakal,Udupi Dist, Karnataka. 6) Shri Durgaparameshwari, Mogeru, KasarGod, Kerala. 7) Shri Mukhyaprana,Rajapur. 8) Shri Datta Mandir,Kodvali. 9) Shri Gajanana Mandir,Rajapur. 10) Shri Nava Durge Temple,Bhalavali. 11) Shri Ravalanath,Bhalavali. 12) Shri Lakshmi-Madhav,Bhalavali. 13) Shri Bhagavathi,Bhalavali. 14) Shri Shantha Durga,Ponda(Goa)
[edit] External links
- Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin Website
- Yahoo group for RSBians world over to interact
- Saraswat Learning Foundation, An non-profit organization initiated by overseas RSBians
- Rajapur Saraswat Co-Operative Bank Ltd
[edit] Famous RSBians
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (Famous cricket player of India)
Daya Nayak (Famous Mumbai Police Inspector)
Suresh Prabhu (Former Union Minister in Vajapayee Government)
Innanje Ramachandra Nayak (Literature)
Padmashree Sadananda Kamath (Research in substitute for heavy water)
