List of Deshastha Brahmins
Deshastha Brahmins form a major sub-caste of Brahmins in the states of Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka in India. The following is a list of notable Deshastha Brahmins.
Religious figures
- Eknath (1533–1599)
- Samarth Ramdasa 17th-century Hindu saint from Maharashtra, who was a devotee of Lord Rama and the spiritual guru of Shivaji
- Narasimha Saraswati (1378–1458)
Historic (rulers, administrators and soldiers)
- Moropant Pingle -1600s - 'Peshwe' in Shivaji Maharaj's Asthapradhan mandal
- Bapuji Mudgal Deshpande- Military officer in Shivaji Raje's Army
- Parshuram Tryambak-Maratha General and administrator during the period of Sambhaji Raje and Rajaram Maharaj and founder of Aundh State
- Sir Madhava Rao Thanjavurkar (1829–1891) - Diwan of Travancore from 1857 to 1872. A Thanjavur Marathi.
Social work
- K. B. Hedgewar,[1] founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
References
- ↑ Goodrick-Clarke,, N. (2000). Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth, and Neo-Nazism. NYU Press. p. 58. ISBN 0-8147-3110-4. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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