Suvarna Banik
Suvarna Baniks popularly called Bene is a mercantile group from Bengal dealing in gold and silver.[1] They are divided into two subgroups.They are a very intelligent and well-to-do class, but they are treated as a degraded caste. The Brahmins did not accept water from their hands. Their spiritual guides are the Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and their religious services are performed by a class of degraded Brahmins called Sonar Baniya Brahmins.[2]
Notable Peoples
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada(1896-1977):Founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness(ISCKON)[3]
References
- ↑ Rudra, Arya. "Baniks of Bengal". http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. TOI. Retrieved 20 March 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems (digital ed.). Thacker, Spink. pp. 199–201. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ↑ "Interview with Srila Prabhupada's Grand-Nephew - Sankarsan Prabhu". bvml.org. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
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