Brahmin Swarnkar
The Brahmin Swarnkar are an Indian caste, which developed from Shrimal Nagar's Brahmins (today it is known as Bhinmal). They are called "Brahmin Swarnkars" because a group of Brahmins adopted a Swarnkar business for their enhancement of life style, and so these Brahmins are called as Brahmin Swarnkars.
Subdivisions
Being Brahmins, Brahmin Swarnkar have main 9 rishi gotras.
- Atri,
- Kashyap
- Kaushik
- Gautam
- Parashar,
- Bhardwaj
- Vatsat
- Vashisht
- Haritas
There are subgotras in each Rishi Gotras, and total gotras are about 84 which were developed by Shri Dharmsi ji at Keradu during 7th century.[1]
Related groups
Other Soni groups include the Shrimali, who claim to be Brahmins, as do the Maru Kansara Soni, the Marwari, Kutch and Kathiawari groups who originate from Marwar, Kutch and Kathiawar.